Prof. RNDr. Rudiger H. Ettrich, Ph.D., Department Head for the Center for Nanobiology and Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Nové Hrady, and director of the Center for Systems Biology in the Czech Republic C4SYS (the national distributed research infrastructure for systems biology research) visited Larkin University in Miami, Florida, USA, as an invited Guest Speaker to give a talk on “Using Computational Modeling and Simulation in Understanding Gene Mutations” on November 10^th-17^th, 2017. During this visit the University Provost also held meetings with Dr. Ettrich and signed affiliation agreements with the Center for Systems Biology in the Czech Republic C4SYS (the national distributed research infrastructure for systems biology research) and the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. In addition, Dr. Ettrich visited the College of Medical Sciences of Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, to conduct collaborative research together with Prof. Dr. Venkatachalam, discuss possible future collaborations and give a seminar.   (L-R): Dr. Joshua Caballero, Chair of Clinical and Administrative Sciences (DCAS) in the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Rudiger Ettrich, Department Head at the Center for Nanobiology and Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dr. Cecilia Rokusek, Larkin University Provost, and Dr. Gary M. Levin, Dean of the College of Pharmacy.