The campus engages on a global platform to bring in the best in science to the campus and the country. As scientists we must engage across our own institutional and national borders to take advantage of the rich resource of people and talent in other locales. Given the complexity of the research and clinical problems addressed at inStem and leveraging the environment of excellence in basic science at the NCBS, we have nurtured international partnerships to combine resources and expertise that cannot be found in a single institution.