We welcome Yuchen He, a new PhD student at Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre. She is under the supervision of Dr Leon Lu. She is funded by an HRC project in collaboration with the School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland and Fudan University, China. Her thesis focuses on improving solid tumour lymphocyte infiltration using bioinspired nanosystems involving the synthesis of NO-donor and platinum drug conjugates. She is excited about the new journey ahead.