Current research activities of Gong's Marine Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology Lab.: (1) Study on molecular mechanisms of fish growth and immunity regulation and balance by molecular genetics and functional genomics approaches (2) Genetic improvement of farmed aquatic animals by marker-assisted selection and genetic engineering including transgenesis & genome editing (3) Zebrafish as an animal model of aquaculture teleost and human to investigate molecular mechanisms of liver and muscle development, growth, and related diseases