Hyper Lab interview with Midwestern Univ.

Tell us a little about yourselves

• Celine Evbuomwan: I am current pharmacy student in my final year of didactic.
• Caitlyn Santos: Hello, my name is Caitlyn and I am currently a pharmacy student. I am currently conducting research in drug design and am using Hyper Lab to investigate potential drug targets for drug therapies.

What is the most challenging aspect of drug research?

• Celine Evbuomwan: The creativity and understanding various mechanisms.
• Caitlyn Santos: Most challenging aspects is understanding how different functional groups may react with one another.

How did the Hyper Lab help you with the challenges you mentioned above?

• Celine Evbuomwan: Hyper Lab has been able to help generate various pathways and mechanisms with a base structure.
• Caitlyn Santos: The calculations presented by the software were very helpful in identifying that added functional groups would be beneficial to the chemical structure.

What was your favorite part of using Hyper Lab? Why did you think so?

• Celine Evbuomwan: The access to support and various tutorials. It was easy and self-explanatory.
• Caitlyn Santos: I enjoy the feature where I can add functional groups to the structure and receive calculation results in a timely manner.

What is the primary purpose of using Hyper Lab at your institution?

• Celine Evbuomwan: To experiment with various drug targets.
• Caitlyn Santos: To experiment with the reliability of potential drug design from the software and if my supervisor agrees with the findings, who is a medicinal chemist.

What do you think is a reasonable price for a Hyper Lab?

• Celine Evbuomwan: The current prices are reasonable if institutions consider paying for them, but students are typically unable to afford these expenses.
• Caitlyn Santos: If our institution will subscribe to Hyper Lab, we would be interested in the standard plan. cf. Standard plan Pricing page.

Have you recommended Hyper Lab to other members of your team? What have they said?

• Celine Evbuomwan: Yes, I have. I am currently working on a project with my professor and classmate. It has been helpful to my classmate.
• Caitlyn Santos: Yes, I am currently working with Hyper Lab with a lab partner, and she was pleased with her experience with the platform.

Finally, what would you recommend Hyper Lab to a drug discovery researcher?

• Celine Evbuomwan: I would highly recommend Hyper Lab.
• Caitlyn Santos: I would recommend Hyper Lab to a drug discovery researcher because I think it is easy to navigate and the process it can complete is very versatile.