Title 1:Autotrophic microbial diversity, structure and function in Tibetan Plateausoils
Speaker: Dr. Kong Weidong, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Venue: State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation 203 meeting room
Time: 15:00-16:00, 21 September, 2015
Content: Autotrophic microbial community structure and function were dominated bybacterial autotrophs and  driven by soil water content and temperature inTibetan grassland soils. Phototrophs (cyanobacteria) dominated theautotrophic microbial community and significantly contributed to theaccumulation of total organic matter in desert soils.

Title2: Direct Microbial Interspecies Electron Transfer in Methanogenic Systems
Speaker: Liu Fanghua researcher
Venue: State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation 203 meeting room
Time: 16:00-17:00, 21 September, 2015
Content: 1. Methane is the second-most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas causing climate change.
2. Microbial activity, in particular that of methanogens is the primary source of methane emission.
3. Direct cell contact has been indicated to be required for syntrophic methanogenesis for interspecies electron transfer (IET).