Dr Joel Bertrand, Chief Research Officer of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), visited A*STAR on 10 November 2011. Dr Bertrand led a 12-member delegation from CNRS, including the three CNRS Directors of the Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, and Institute of Physics. The delegation was hosted by Prof Low Teck Seng, Managing Director of A*STAR, and discussed how to deepen collaboration between CNRS and A*STAR's research institutes in applied research.