应我院邀请，以色列农业研究组织（ the Volcani Center）Samir Droby教授将于4月9日（星期四）为我院师生作专题学术报告。
报告题目：“the role of effector proteins in manipulating fruit resistance to pathogens”
报告时间：2015年4月9日（周四）上午11:30-12:30
报告地点：农生环组团大楼D416
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Samir Droby教授是以色列农业研究组织的资深科学家，现任以色列希伯来大学农业食品与环境系教授，研究方向主要为植物病理学和采后科学。Samir Droby教授目前已发表100多篇学术论文及23篇综述，并参与10部与采后病理学相关书籍的编写。目前他担任的职务是国际植物病理学会采后病理学委员会的主席，同时也是国际园艺学会生物防治工作组的副主席。
Prof. Samir Droby is a senior research scientist at the ARO, the Volcani Center and Professor of Plant Pathology and postharvest Sciences at the Division of Biochemistry and Food Science at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research expertise include developing biological and natural based control strategies for postharvest diseases, mode of action of yeast biocontrol agents, Pathogenicity mechanisms of Penicillium species on citrus and apple fruit and resistance mechanisms of fruits against postharvest pathogens. As a result of extensive research on the field of alternative control methods of postharvest diseases, Prof. Droby developed a biological control product that is based on naturally occurring yeast. Prof. Droby published more than 100 articles in peer reviewed journal and 23 review articles and 10 book chapters on various topics on postharvest pathology. He served as an associate editor of Postharvest Biology and Technology from 1998 to 2008, along with different editorial duties in several International journals in the field of postharvest pathology. He is currently the chairman of the Postharvest Pathology committee of the International society of plant pathology and also co-chair of the Biological control working group of the International Society of Horticulture.