Pragati is a graduate student in the Master of Biotechnology (MBIOT) program. She completed her Bachelor’s from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India, where she worked with Dr. Ranjith Kumar CT to screen for modulations in the cGAS-STING host immune pathway on infection with Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). She is a passionate researcher and wishes to pursue a career in immunological research. She is currently working with G3BP1 reporters to study the formation of stress granules in chemically induced stress environments.