After completing her undergraduate research training at Monash University, Ka Yee completed her PhD at the Hudson Institute and her first postdoctoral fellowship at the Peter Doherty Institute. As an immunologist and microbiologist by training, Ka Yee’s role in the PURPLE team is to manage the largest collection of patient-derived pancreatic cancer models world-wide (e.g. Organoids, patient-derived xenografts and tissue biobanks) with patient journeys tracked by the PURPLE Translational Registry. These resources facilitate our collaborations with scientists across Australia including the University of Melbourne, Peter Mac, Hudson Institute and the University of Adelaide.