Education: 

BVSc : 1993-1998, South China Agricutural University, Major in Veterinary 

MSc : 1999-2002, South China Agricutural University, Major in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Supervised by Professor M. L. Luo.

PhD : 2005-2008, South China Agricutural University, Major in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Supervised by Professor X. Q. Zhu.

 Employment record and professional experience:  

Research assistant: 2002-2005, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University.

Research associate : 2005-2008, Laboratory of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Associate professor : 2008- , Laboratory of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Contact Details: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Wushan, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510642, People's Republic of China. Email: rqlin@scau.edu.cn; 

Main research interests: Molecular genetics and molecular diagnosis of parasitic diseases; immunology and vaccine development, functional genomics, molecular cloning and expression of functional genes for parasites. PCR-based technology in parasitology; epidemiology and control strategies for animal parasitic infections (coccidiosis, etc.). 

List of Main Publications:

[1] Lin RQ, Lillehoj HS, Lee SK, Oh S, Panebra A, Lillehoj EP*. Vaccination with Eimeria tenella elongation factor-1α recombinant protein induces protective immunity against E. tenella and E. maxima infections. Vet Parasitol., 2017, 30(243):79-84.

[2] Lin RQ, Liu GH, D'Amelio S, Zhang Y, Song HQ, Weng YB, Zou FC, Zhu XQ*. Sequence variation in four mitochondrial genes among sibling species within Contracaecum rudolphii sensu lato. Mol Cell Probes, 2013, 27(3-4): 145-148 

[3] Lin RQ, Zhou DH, Huang SY, Zhang Y, Zou FC, Song HQ, Weng YB, Zhu XQ*. Identification and characterization of new major sperm protein genes from Oesophagostomum dentatum and Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum from pigs in China. Exp Parasitol., 2013, 133(2):187-192  

[4] Lin RQ, Liu GH, Song HQ, Zhang Y, Li MW, Zou FC, Yuan ZG, Weng YB, Zhu XQ*. Sequence variability in three mitochondrial genes between the two pig nodule worms Oesophagostomum dentatum and O. quadrispinulatum. Mitochondrial DNA. 2012, 23(3):182-186.

[5] Lin RQ, Liu GH, Hu M, Song HQ, Wu XY, Li MW, Zhang Y, Zou FC, Zhu XQ*. Oesophagostomum dentatum and Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum: characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the two pig nodule worms. Exp Parasitol., 2012, 131(1):1-7.

[6] Lin RQ, Liu GH, Zhang Y, D'Amelio S, Zhou DH, Yuan ZG, Zou FC, Song HQ, Zhu XQ*. Contracaecum rudolphii B: gene content, arrangement and composition of its complete mitochondrial genome compared with Anisakis simplex s.l. Exp Parasitol. 2012 Feb;130(2):135-140. 

[7] He X, Lv MN, Liu GH, Lin RQ*. Genetic analysis of Toxocara cati (Nematoda: Ascarididae) from Guangdong province, subtropical China. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal., 2018, 29(1):132-135. (corresponding author)

[8] Wang XQ, Wu LL, Gao Y, Zhang Y, Weng YB, Lin RQ*. Evaluation of the protective effect of pVAX-EtMIC3-recombined plasmid against E. tenella in chicken. Parasitol Res., 2017, 116(3):1023-1028. (corresponding author)

[9] Qiu SB, Lv MN, He X, Weng YB, Zou SS, Wang XQ, Lin RQ*. PCR Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Trichomonas gallinae from Domestic Pigeons in Guangzhou, China.Korean J Parasitol., 2017, 55(3):333-336. (corresponding author)

[10] Cheng T, Gao DZ, Zhu WN, Fang SF, Chen N, Zhu XQ, Liu GH*, Lin RQ*. Genetic variability among Hymenolepis nana isolates from different geographical  regions in China revealed by sequence analysis of three mitochondrial genes. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 , 27(6):4646-4650. (corresponding author)

[11] Liang JY, Lin RQ*. The full mitochondrial genome sequence of Raillietina tetragona from chicken (Cestoda: Davaineidae).Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal., 2016, 27(6):4160-4161. (corresponding author)

[12] Cheng T, Liu GH, Song HQ, Lin RQ*, Zhu XQ*. The complete mitochondrial genome of the dwarf tapeworm Hymenolepis nana-a neglected zoonotic helminth. Parasitol Res., 2016, 115(3): 1253-1262. (corresponding author)

[13] Chen RA, Wang WL, Lin RQ*, Liu LD, Liao GC, Tang JH, Wu SM, Tan ZJ, Weng YB*. Immune effects of a precocious line of Eimeria necatrix with different doses and at different immunization times. Tropical Biomedicine, 2016, 33(3): 570-576.(corresponding author)