<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>jeffrey E. &lt;jeevacation@gmail.com&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Monday, June 18, 2018 6:33 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Joichi Ito</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Fwd:</td></tr></table>

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From: Caleb Harper < > >
Date: Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:52 AM
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To: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.=om»

That=E2=80=99s exciting to hear -

Arielle wanted to get out of the lab and move back to NYC with =er husband - got a book deal and is consulting a food television show I th=nk. She is still around as a directors fellow and is a resource as needed.=C240

Molecular b=ologist just wasn't working out in terms of progress - not sure wh=t he is doing now - probably going back to neuroscience (I got him from th= broad institute hoping his background could be usefully applied out of di=cipline in plant science)

On=Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:40 AM jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation=gmailcom» wrote:

not of of the ballpark 410=A0 , can talk later in the weekm, what happened to=the two you let go

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Caleb Harper ◄ > wrote:

I've ordered it :) thx

<=iv dir="auto">To do this id need to add depth to my bio team, that/0=99s by far my weakest team in the lab currently. I recently let contracts =apse on Arielle and my molecular biologist as it wasn't working ou=. I'd want to add the following team and would need to do a search=to get the best. MIT won't let me hire PhD Research Scientists, an= likely quality people wouldn't accept, without secure multiyear f=nding. I'd propose 500k a yr for 3 yrs with the expectation we eva=uate progress after year one as to year 2 and 3. The transparent cos= break down is:

P=D plant physiologist - 80k base salary +56% mit research OH (none goes to =y lab or ML) + 20% benefits = 149, 760 k total cost

PhD plant biochemist - 100k base sala=y + 56% mit research OH + 20% benefits = 187k total cost

Plant science tech (JR) - 40k • 20% a=ministrative OH - 48k total cost

100k prototyping budget + 20% material & services=OH = 120k total cost

= 500k a year / 3yrs

On my side I'll dedicate 2 out of our 4 shipping containers fo= 3 years (target paid for install / dev etc but with stock price decline i= stopping support for non essential research) and my salary is covered in =ther sponsored accounts plus my team of engineers on staff (backend /front=end software, data science, electrical, embedded systems and mechanical e=gineers)

I know it40=8040s a big ask, and would understand if it's out of ball park, b=t I think that's what it would take to make meaningful and rigorou= progress on figuring out if plants can think and communicate <=iv dir="auto">

Thoughts?

On Sun, Jun =7, 2018 at 6:10 PM jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com» wrote:

ill fund it, mancuso also fun,=C24>

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Caleb Harper <
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<=iv dir="auto">Very...I wonder if I can prove it • =/div>

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 5:57=PM jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com» wrote:

## fun isnt it

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