Marathur Rodhiyah, aka Mara, a M.Sc. student, joined ILMI in January 2022. She stated that she got interested in ILMI due to a promotion from a senior before she finally proposed to join us. She had an enjoyable atmosphere during her involvement because of the meaningful support and assistance from colleagues and supervisors, respectively. She said challenges always appear during research, but by working together they can be overcome. Her research focus is on hydrogel development for biomedical applications. She gave a message to those of you who may be interested in joining ILMI, which was, "Come join us and never regret it because ILMI has excellent resources to support research, especially for nanofibers and hydrogel development research."