A very warm welcome to the Newcastle-Liverpool-Durham Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership (NLD BBSRC DTP). The 2020 intake to the Partnership is the first cohort of 'DTP3', the third round of funding from BBSRC, and the ninth cohort overall of BBSRC DTP students. For DTP3, the University of Liverpool will be the lead partner (following Durham for DTP1 and Newcastle for DTP2). Typically our DTP cohort has a kick-off meeting in October in Liverpool, where new students get to meet the other students and the DTP management team. Unfortunately this year, we will not be able to meet in person, but we will have an online induction event, using the Zoom platform. This will take place 2-5pm on Monday 5th October. For all administrative enquiries, please contact the DTP manager Carolyn O’Leary at bbsrcdtp@liverpool.ac.uk or speak to local PGR teams at each institution.