1. ¹College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
2. ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
3. ³College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
4. ⁴Center for Regenerative Biology and Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.

Correspondence: Lin Liu, liutelom@yahoo.com

Lin Liu, received Doctorate degree in Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology from Beijing Agricultural University. He was a visiting scholar at the BBSRC Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK, and then had two year post-doctorate training in Cornell University and University of Connecticut, USA. He worked as an Investigator and Assistant Professor (Research) at Women & Infants Hospital/Brown Medical School. He is Professor in Nankai University, Adjunct Assistant Scientist at Marine Biological Laboratory, Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, and Member of H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. He has been a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS), New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), and council member of Reproductive Biology under Zoological Society China. Dr Liu's research focuses on reproductive aging and egg senescence, molecular mechanisms underlying early embryo development and differentiation, and differentiation of adult stem cells. He is also interested in derivation and understanding of patient-specific stem cells that can be effectively used for regenerative medicine, particularly for treatment of reproductive aging and associated diseases.