应周雪平教授的邀请，意大利植物病毒研究所副所长Gian Paolo Accotto博士于5月16日—6月3日访问了农学院，并作了4场精彩的学术报告：（1）Transcriptomic analysis of tomato infected by Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus；（2）Evaluation of resistance conferred to Italian isolates of TYLCSV and TYLCV by Ty-1 and Ty-2 resistance genes and application of new CAPS markers for introgression in a traditional Italian tomato variety；（3）Evolution of viruses causing yellow leaf curl in tomato in southern italy: coexistence of two viral species and appearance of recombinant molecules；（4）Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis limits foliar transcriptional responses to viral infection and favors long-term virus accumulation。4个精彩报告给大家带来丰富知识的同时，也拓展了研究思路，Gian Paolo Accotto博士对同学和老师的提问做了详细解答。访问期间，Gian Paolo Accotto博士还参观了生物技术研究所及昆虫科学研究所，并与周雪平教授、刘树生教授和王晓伟研究员等进行了深入的讨论。
Gian Paolo教授担任Journal of General Virology杂志的编辑，并是Journal of General Virology，Journal of Virological Methods，Intervirology，European Journal of Plant Pathology等杂志的资深审稿人。近年来他主要通过基因组学及转录组学对植物对病毒侵染的反应进行研究，已在Plant Cell、 EMBO Journal和Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions等较高影响因子杂志发表文章60余篇。
