Qi Cao's doctoral research integrates bioinformatics and tumour immunology to investigate the composition and function of immune cells within the tumour microenvironment, focusing particularly on neutrophils. Utilising single-cell transcriptome sequencing during her studies, she mapped the immune landscape of liver cancer - resulting in a publication titled 'Liver tumour immune microenvironment subtypes and neutrophil heterogeneity' in Nature - and aim to leverage these insights to identify novel immunotherapy targets.