The Innovation Team of Collection, Preservation and Utilization of Microbial Resources of the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences held its first academic forum for postgraduate students on Dec 15, 2019.

Twenty-one PhD and master’s students gave academic reports at the forum. An expert group involving Jiang Hao, deputy head of the institute’s Technology and Achievement Transformation Office, Yi Keke, research fellow and chief scientist of the soil-plant team at the institute, and Jiang Xianzhi, founder and CEO of MoonBiotech Co., Ltd., gave suggestions on postgraduate education, basic scientific research, and application and transformation of results during the forum.
Other experts in microbial resource collection, preservation, excavation and utilization and other fields participated in the discussion. After expert group evaluation and voting by all participants the forum selected and awarded the top postgraduate academic reports and posters.

The forum provided a good learning opportunity and communication platform for postgraduate students, improving their academic literacy and exchanges.