March 22ed to 25th, Tony O'Donnell, the president of Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia visited Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA) for academic exchanges by Jinshui Wu on invitation, director of the Professor Academic Council Fellow.

Professor Tony O'Donnell has long been engaged in the interaction between soil organisms (bacteria, fungi, nematodes, etc.) and soil non-living components, and the resulting changes in soil biological function research. He has published nearly one hundred articles in many academic journals, such as Nature Reviews Microbiology, Nature Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology, FEMS Microbial Ecology. In the communication, Professor Tony O'Donnell introduced their recent research achievements systematically and comprehensively. He also exchanged with the research fellow of microbial ecology of ISA, and to explore common research interests, future areas of cooperation and other issues.(March 22ed, 2009)