PhD student Lee Kruse currently spends three months with Prof Wouter Roos at the University of Groningen to mechanically charaterise HIV virus-like particles with AFM. This research forms part of Lee's PhD studies on the mechanobiology of eneveloped viruses during the entry into immune cells. Lee conduct's her research in collaboration with Dr Michiel van Diepen and Prof Anna-Lise Williamson at UCT's Division of Virology and Prof Roos in Groningen.