Tianyi Lin, a PhD. student from institute of landscape, was invited by Dr. Guo-qing Song to visit his lab ---the Plant Biotechnology Resource and Outreach Center (PBROC), Horticulture Department of the Michigan State University (MSU) from October 01, 2018 to March 31, 2019.

During her visiting, she was fully involved in the research activities of deciphering molecular basis of vernalization/chilling-mediated flowering in blueberry and participate three different projects on genetic engineering of blueberry and tomato. She successfully produced transgenic blueberry and tomato plants, which lay the foundation for future studies. Ms. Lin was also involved in gene cloning and gene editing works. Her great efforts have resulted in two manuscripts as a senior author and a co-author. Meanwhile, she served as a teaching assistant for Biotech for Plant Breeding class. After returning back, she will continue the work of the doctoral program, hoping to apply the methods and experiences learned to landscape plant research in the future.