Meet the 2009/2010 participants

Name: Chaitanya Koppisetty

Background: I was born in India and have been living in Sweden for the past six years. I completed my undergrade studies in Bioinformatics from Chalmers. I am now employed by Biognos AB and pursuing my PhD studies at the department of Computing Science, Chalmers as an industrial PhD student. My research is mainly in computational drug discovery in which we use theoretical models to calculate the affinity of drugs to target proteins. In this way we can screen millions of available chemicals against disease targets in the computers, before making a final lab screening.

Why did you apply for this course?
The field I am working in involves developing and application of cutting-edge technologies. I want to apply the commercial side of these technologies in terms of development and application.

What have you learned so far that surprised you?
Small solutions have great potential that we can never imagine!

How do you think this course will help you develop your idea?
I think the course will show me a path to transform my ideas into a potential business (after figuring out if there is potential).Perhaps it will influence my way of thinking whenever a new idea strikes.

Would you recommend other to take this course, in that case why?
I would prefer to answer by the end of the course.