Zoe Lonsdale, MIBTP 1st year PhD student has been selected to visit the Department of Biological Sciences at Nara Women's University (Japan) in Spring 2015 as part of a Leicester–Nara Exchange Agreement. She will work with Professor Shin-ichi Iwaguchi and his group, exploring epigenetically controlled phenotypic plasticity. Her visit will also include giving a research seminar, visiting the research laboratories, and meeting with staff and students to discuss the research at Nara and Leicester to hopefully lay the groundwork for collaborations.