Professor Vito Antonio Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, visited A*STAR on 28 March 2012, and was accompanied by a delegation of three senior staff from the university. Prof Muscatelli was hosted by Mr Lim Chuan Poh, Chairman A*STAR, and was also welcomed by Prof Sir George Radda, Chairman of A*STAR’s Biomedical Research Council. The meeting saw both parties having a good exchange of possible areas for collaboration in both the biomedical sciences, and science and engineering fields.