2007年10月8日，北京生命科学研究所举办关于“植物与微生物相互作用”学术报告会，共有13位国内外学者做了讲座。

2007年10月8日，北京生命科学研究所举办关于“植物与微生物相互作用”学术报告会。共有13位国内外学者做了讲座，他们分别为来自Boyce Thompson Institute的Gregory Martin博士，英国University of Exeter的Nicholas Talbot博士，University of California, Davis的Pamela Ronald博士，University of Florida的Wen-Yuan Song博士， North Carolina State University的Ralph Dean博士，Kansas State University的Frank White博士，Purdue University的Jin-Rong Xu 博士，Texas A&M University的Daniel Ebbole博士，清华大学的Yule Liu博士，中科院遗传所的Lihuang Zhu博士和北京生命科学研究所的Jian-Min Zhou博士和Jijie Chai博士。

Dr. Gregory Martin (Boyce Thompson Institute, USA)

Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrPtoB uses multiple mechanisms to suppress plant immunity.

Dr. Nicholas Talbot (University of Exeter, UK)

Investigating the biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

Dr. Pamela Ronald (University of California, Davis, USA)

The rice XA21/Xanthomonas interaction.

Dr. Wen-Yuan Song (Department of plant pathology, University of Florida)

A kinase-protein interaction network in rice.

Dr. Ralph Dean (North Carolina State University, USA)

Omics approaches to unravel fungal phytopathogenesis .

Dr. Frank White (Kansas State University, USA)

Altering host gene expression for disease and susceptibility.

Dr. Jin-Rong Xu (Purdue University, USA)

A transducin beta like gene TBL1 is part of a conserved HDAC complex required for infectious growth in fungal pathogens.

Dr. Daniel Ebbole (Texas A&M University)

Expression of secreted proteins from Magnaporthe grisea and analysis of elicitor activity toward rice.

Dr. Yule Liu (Tsinghua University)

Role of autophagy in plant defense .

Dr. Lihuang Zhu (Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Differentiation in rice blast resistance between indica and japonica rice is linked to the pseudogenization of NBS-LRR genes.

Dr. Jijie Chai (National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing)

Structural understanding of pathogen-plant interaction.