On September 22nd, 2008, a delegation from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore, visited ION. Delegation members included Mr. Lin Chuan Poh (Chairman, A*STAR), Mr. Teoh Yong Sea (Deputy Managing Director, A*STAR), Prof. Paola Castagnoli (Scientific Director, Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR), Dr. Jasbir Singh (Deputy Director Science and Engineering Research Council, A*STAR), Frand Eisenhaber (Director, of BioInformatics Institute, A*STAR) and Mr. Andrew Fun (Head of International Relations, A*STAR). Following a brief description of current research at ION from Dr. Shu-Min Duan, the delegation members visited the Two-Photon Microscopy Laboratory.