Dr. Linjun Hong is an Associate Professor and Master Supervisor at the National Pig Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University. He received his PhD in Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction from Huazhong Agricultural University. His research focuses on animal molecular biology, animal reproductive physiology, and animal genetic breeding, mainly focusing on the genetic improvement of pigs' reproductive performance, early embryonic development, skeletal muscle development, follicle and sperm function regulation, sex control, and other related research, including the use of the latest high-throughput genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, secretome, molecular biology, and epigenetic methods to study pig placenta development, pig embryo early implantation, embryonic development and sex differentiation, etc.