Shreya Soni

Our December cover star is a trendsetter, a beacon of authenticity, and a proponent of embracing individuality Keep reading to know... It's an early start on set. Backdrops are being constructed, lights are being tested, and outfits are carefully steam-ironed. One is as alert and measured as a Sunday 6 am call time allows you to be. And then the energy shifts, almost as if on cue, with a text that flashes on our phones.

Sustained release of drug-loaded nanoparticles from injectable hydrogels enables long-term control of macrophage phenotype Shreya S. Soni, Arielle M. D'Elia, Abdulrahman Alsasa, Sylvia Cho, Tina Tylek, Erin M. O'Brien, Ricardo Whitaker, Kara L Spiller and Christopher Rodell Abstract Injectable hydrogels may be pre-formed through dynamic crosslinks, allowing for injection and subsequent retention in the tissue by shear-thinning and self-healing processes, respectively.

Long before international cuisine lay claim and ownership, the Indian thali has always been the original chefs tasting. Shreya Soni presents a case for the ‘apparently-humble but wildly-satisfying’ thali The first distinct food memory I have is of eating a thali. In Hyderabad, with Dad, at Abhiruchi Restaurant, third table to the left of the entrance.