Dr. OHH Bong Kug, director of the Natural Sciences Division of the National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Korea, and Dr. KIM Yong Il, member of the National Academy of Sciences, visited IGDB on the afternoon of 13 October in 2009. Dr. Weicai Yang, the deputy director, hosted their visit. Drs. Wei Li and Jian Zhang from the Center of Developmental Biology participated the discussion.