Visit by Prof Peretz Lavie, President of Technion

Photo on left: (L-R) Prof Peretz Lavie- Technion President- Mr Lim Chuan Poh- Chairman- A*STAR

Prof Peretz Lavie and his wife- Dr Lena Lavie visited A*STAR hosted by A*STAR Chairman Lim Chuan Poh and ED A*GA Dr Lim Khiang Wee.  It was Prof Lavie’s first visit to A*STAR and Chairman Lim gave an overview on the recent development in one-north from the Fusionopolis Sky garden.  Prof Lavie was impressed with the pace of S&T development in Singapore and saw potential in greater collaboration between Technion and A*STAR.  Technion has partnered Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) in Mechanobiology as part of the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE).