From: Caleb Harper
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2018 3:27 PM
To: Jeffrey E.
Subject: Re:

Great thx have a good trip

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 11:25 AM jeff=ey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com</=» wrote: <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com>

im r=ady . can discuss more when i return to states next wed=C240 great

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Caleb Harper =Itcalebbenh=rper@gmail.com <mailto: wrote:

Checking back in on this

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Thx
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:52 AM Cal=b Harper «mailto: " > wrote:

That's exciting to hear -
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Arielle wanted to get out of t=e lab and move back to NYC with her husband - got a book deal and is consu=ting a food television show I think. She is still around as a directors fe=low and is a resource as needed.

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Molecular biologist just wasn't working out i= terms of progress - not sure what he is doing now - probably going back t= neuroscience (I got him from the broad institute hoping his background co=ld be usefully applied out of discipline in plant science)

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On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:40 AM jeffrey E. =lt;jeevacation@=mail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> > wrote:

not=of of the ballpark , can talk later in the weekm,=C24) what happened to the two

you let go

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I've ordered it :) th=

To do this id need to =dd depth to my bio team, that's by far my weakest team in the lab =urrently. I recently let contracts lapse on Arielle and my molecular biolo=ist as it wasn't working out. I'd want to add the followin= team and would need to do a search to get the best. MIT won't let=me hire PhD Research Scientists, and likely quality people wouldn'= accept, without secure multiyear funding. I'd propose 500k a yr f=r 3 yrs with the expectation we evaluate progress after year one as to yea= 2 and 3. The transparent cost break down is:

PhD plant physiologist - 80k base salary=+56% mit research OH (none goes to my lab or ML) + 20% benefits = 149, 7=0 k total cost

Ph= plant biochemist - 100k base salary + 56% mit research OH + 20% benefits =3D 187k total cost

Plan= science tech (JR) - 40k * 20% administrative OH - 48k total cost

100k prototyping budget + =0% material & services OH = 120k total cost

= 500k a year / 3yrs

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

I know it's a big ask, and would understand if i='s out of ball park, but I think that's what it would take=to make meaningful and rigorous progress on figuring out if plants can thi=k and communicate

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 6:10 PM Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com</=» wrote:

ill fund it,Q=A0 mancuso also fun, .

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On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 a= 6:08 PM, Caleb Harper wrote:

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Very...l wonder if I can =rove it •

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

<mailto:jeeva=ation@gmail.com> > wrote:

fun isnt it

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On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 a= 2:31 PM, Caleb Harper wrote:

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