DrJamesTaylor

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李强

李强,就职于国家发改委,现任宏观经济研究院研究员一职。李强2015年11月27日,李强受邀参加了由中国富硒农业产业技术创新联盟主办的《第三届中国富硒农业技术与产业创新论坛》

DrErichNeuhold

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Kostas T. Konstantinidis

KostasT.Konstantinidis，GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology。于2015年10月25日--10月27日受邀参加了《2015土壤微生物国际前沿研讨会》并做出了精彩的讲话。

禇海燕

禇海燕，中科院土壤研究所研究员，于2015年10月25日--10月27日受邀参加了《2015土壤微生物国际前沿研讨会》并做出了精彩的讲话。

Hua Lu

HuaLu,AssociateProfessorofUniversityofMarylandBaltimoreCounty.SheexploitthepowerfulmodelsystemArabidopsisthalianainherinvestigationsofmechanismsofplantinnateimmunity.Arabidopsisisasmallherbaceousplantthatcanbeeasilygrownwithinlimitedspace.Ithasashortlifecycleandextremelywellcharacterizedgenetics.Inaddition,Arabidopsishasarelativelysmall,fullysequencedgenome,andcanbeeasilymanipulatedatthephysiological,geneticandmolecularlevels.Asallhigherplantsarebelievedtosharesimilarinnateimmunity,knowledgeondefensemechanismsobtainedfromArabidopsiscanbereadilyappliedtootherplantsandenableustobettercontroldiseasesinagriculturallyimportantcrops.

Juan Antonio Garcia

JuanAntonioGarcia，GroupLeaderofCentroNacionaldeBiotecnologia.Hisgroupareinterestedinvirus-hostinteractionsthatcanhelptodefinevirushostrange.Thegrouphavedemonstratedthatsinglealterationsinthe6K1andCIproteins(correspondingtothecleavagesiterecognizedbytheviralproteaseNIainthePPVpolyprotein)areinvolvedinalternativehostadaptationofatypicalPPVisolatestoNicotianabenthamianaandPrunusavium.Theseresultssuggestthatfineregulationofpolyproteinprocessingmightdependonspecifichostfactorsandcontributetoadaptationtospecifichosts.BystudyingresistanceofArabidopsisthalianaandChenopodiumfoetidumtocherrystrainPPVisolates,weshowedthatdefectsininteractionsbetweentranslationinitiationfactorsandpotyviralproteinsmightnotonlypreventinfectioninresistantvarietiesofsusceptiblehostspecies,butalsocontributetonon-hostresistance.Thegroupalsodemonstratedthatself-cleavageofPPVP1isnegativelyregulatedbyitshighlydisorderedN-terminalregionandreliesonaspecifichostfactorforitsactivation.Basedontheseresults,thegroupspeculatethath

Martin Parniske

MartinParniskeisinvestigatingtheinteractionbetweenplantsandsymbioticorpathogenicmicroorganisms.Stateoftheartgenetical,biochemical,andcellbiologicalmethodsareusedtoelucidatethemolecularprocessesthatleadtothecellularreprogrammingandredifferentiationassociatedwithmutualcompatibilityordefence.Likewise,heexplorenaturaldiversityandecologicalapproachestoidentifyallelicvariationgoverningagriculturallyimportanttraits,likeefficiencyofnitrogenfixation,nutrientuptake,ordiseaseresistance.Theseaspectsarefundamentalforthefightagainstplantpathogensandtheoptimisedutilisationofbeneficialplant-microbesymbiosesandonthebackgroundofdepletingnaturalresources.

Cyril Zipfel

Hestudiesthemolecularbasisofplantinnateimmunity.Heaimatdecipheringthesignalingeventslinkingperceptionofpathogen-associatedmolecularpatterns(PAMPs)totheestablishmentofimmunity.Heusetheleucine-richrepeatsreceptorkinasesEFRandFLS2,whichperceivebacterialEF-Tuandflagellin,respectively,asmodelpatternrecognitionreceptors(PRRs).Hisworkalsoaimsatunderstandinghowplantreceptorkinasesworkatthemolecularlevelandhowsignalingspecificityisachievedbetweendifferentreceptorkinase-mediatedsignalingpathwaysinvolvedinimmunityandgrowth.Healsoexploringhowoutcomesofourresearchcanbeusedtoengineersustainablebroad-spectrumdiseaseresistanceincrops

Francine Govers

FrancineGovers，ProfessorofWageningenUniversity.Herexpertise：Genomics,Hostparasiterelationships,Mycology,Plantdiseases,Plantpathogenicfungi,Oomycota,Molecularplantpathology,Fungi,Hostpathogeninteractions,Phytophthorainfestans,Plantpathology,Plant-microbeinteractions.Shefocusesonthebiologyandpathologyofoomycetepathogens,inparticularthelateblightpathogenPhytophthorainfestansthatwasresponsiblefortheIrishpotatofaminein1845.ThemorethanhundredPhytophthoraspeciescausedevastatingdiseasesonnumerouscropsandornamentalsandhaveanenormouseconomicimpact.