Prof. Hailong Zhou and Prof. Hongwei Zhao from the Hainan University attended the 1st International Symposium on Coral Reefs which was held in Sanya. Prof. Hailong Zhou gave a talk with the title “The embryonic toxicity of Acropora hyacinthus embryo exposed to benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) uncovered by deep sequencing” and Prof. Hongwei Zhao gave a presentation on the topic “Proteomic studies on stony corals”.