INVITED LECTURERS

1. Dr. Rene Geurts
(Wageningen University, Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703HA, Wageningen, the Netherlands)
Lecture: Evolution of Rhizobium  Nod Factor Signaling

2. Dr. Erik Limpens
(Wageningen University, Department of Plant Science, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703HA, Wageningen, the Netherlands)
Lecture: Symbiosome Formation

3. Prof. Ben Lugtenberg
(Leiden University, Institute of Biology, Clusius Laboratory, Wassenaarseweg 64, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands)
Lecture: An Introduction to Rhizosphere Microbiology

4. Prof. Dr. Alfred Puhler
(Universitat Bielefeld, Fakultat fur Biologie, Lehrstuhl fur Genetik, 33594 Bielefeld, Germany)
Lecture: Genomics, Ecology and Evolution of Sinorhizobium meliloti, a Soil Microorganism Fixing Nitrogen in Symbiosis with Alfalfa