On April 8 2024, Dr. Emmanuel Procyk (Research Director), Dr. Christophe Arnoult (Research Director), Dr. Daniel Boujard (Emeritus Professor, University of Rennes), Dr. Pierre Savatier (Research Director, INSERM) and Dr. Emmanuel Brouillet (Research Director) visited ASHBi.
From ASHBi, Dr. Mitinori Saitou (ASHBi Director), Dr. Tadashi Isa (PI), Dr. Yasuhiro Murakawa (PI), Dr. Cantas Alev (PI), Dr. Ken-ichi Amemori (PI), Dr. Fumitaka Inoue (Co-PI) and Dr. Tadashi Ogawa (Administrative Director) participated and exchanged frank opinions on fostering possibilities for non-human primate collaborative research.

On the following day, the CNRS delegation visited Shiga University of Medical Science, where they exchanged views with Dr. Masatsugu Ema (PI) and Dr. Tomoyuki Tsukuyama (Core Head, Primate Genome Engineering Core (ASHBi-PRiME)), followed by a tour of the Research Center for Animal Life Science (RCALS) facility.

L to R:：T Ogawa, D Boujard (Emeritus Professor), F Inoue, M Saitou, E Brouillet (Research Director), C Arnoult (Research Director), P Savatier (Research Director), C Alev, K Amemori, T Isa, E Procyk (Research Director), Y Murakawa