Vice President Nil ÖZÇAGLAR-TOULOUSE and Professor Didier GOSSET of Lille University (France) and officials of Lille University and the French National Academy of Sciences paid courtesy visits to Nagoya University (September 7) and Gifu University (September 8). After meeting with the President, they toured the 8th floor of the EI Emergent Engineering Building of the Institute for Glycobiology Core Research (September 7) and the Gifu Research Building (September 8). They exchanged opinions on strengthening future collaboration and joint research with the University of Lille.