Title 1: Position specific labeling – a new tool for tracing soil C Hotspots in the rhizosphere

Lecturer: Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov (specially-appointed foreign professor of CAS, and be professor in Soil Science of G？ttingen University in German )

Time: 28th.Jun.2013 (Friday) 8:30-10:00 AM

Title 2: Plant nitrogen obtain strategy

Lecturer: Prof. Xu Xingliang

(Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resource Research, CAS)

Time: 28th.Jun.2013 (Friday) AM: 10: 00-11: 00

Title 3: Microbial utilization of low molecular weight organic substances evaluated by 13C-PLFA in a field experiment （Gunina Anya）

Lecturer: Gunina Anya

(Ph.Dstudent of Soil Science of G？ttingen University in German)

Time: 28th.Jun.2013 (Friday) AM: 11: 00-12: 00

Place：Meeting room on 1st floor in Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Both teachers and students are welcome to attend!

Introduction of professors：

Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov: He has worked on the application of radioactive isotopes and technology research of stable isotopes on soil carbon and nitrogen cycle for more than 20 years and has lots of extensive experience. He has published 280 writings, including 3 monographs, 20 reviews and more than 200 scientific journal articles up to now. He has been working on carbon、nitrogen conversion and migration in soil vegetation – soil – atmosphere system and made significant achievements, and research results are widely quoted. His papers have been cited over 3500 times, and H-index was 41. He is responsible editor of European Journal of Soil Biology, consulting editor of Plant and Soil and editorial board member of Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Xu Xingliang: associate professor in Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resource Research, CAS. He mainly engages in the biogeochemical cycling in grassland ecosystem. He is editorial board member of European Journal of Soil Biology. He has published more than 40 scientific journal articles and more than 30 articles were published on Journal of Ecology, Global Change Biology, New Phytologist, Annals of Botany and so on.