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тАЬHey Brian,тАЭ she called from LeoтАЩs door, тАЬcome check this out. Derek has sent us a new paper from
that Yann Pierzinski who was here. He was funny. ItтАЩs a new version of the stuff he was working on
when he was here. That was interesting I thought. If we could get it to find us better matching ligands, you
might not need the hydrodynamic pressures to get them to stick in the body.тАЭ

Brian had come in while she was telling him this, and she pointed to parts of the diagram on LeoтАЩs screen
as he caught up. тАЬSee what I mean?тАЭ Liver cells, endothelial cellsтАФall the cells in the body had receptor
ligands that were extremely specific for the ligands on the particular proteins that they needed to obtain
from the blood; together they formed something like lock-and-key arrangements, coded by the genes
and embodied in the proteins. In effect they were locksmithing at the microscopic level, working with
living cells as their material.

тАЬWell, yeah. It would be great. If it worked. Maybe crunch them through this program over and over,
until you see repeats. If you didтАжthen test the ones with the ligands that fit best and look strongest
chemically.тАЭ

тАЬAnd Pierzinski is back to work on it with us!тАЭ

тАЬIs he?тАЭ

тАЬYeah, heтАЩs coming back. Derek says in his e-mail that weтАЩll have him at our disposal.тАЭ

тАЬCool.тАЭ

Leo checked this in the companyтАЩs directory. тАЬYep, here he is. Rehired just this week. Frank Vanderwal
came by and mentioned this guy, he must have told Derek about it I bet. He was asking me about it too.
Well, Vanderwal should know, this is his field.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs my field too,тАЭ Marta said sharply.

тАЬRight, of course, IтАЩm just saying Frank might have, you know. Well, letтАЩs ask Yann to look at what
weтАЩve got. If it worksтАжтАЭ

Brian said, тАЬSure. ItтАЩs worth trying anyway. Pretty interesting.тАЭ He Googled Yann, and Leo leaned over
his shoulder to look at the list.

тАЬDerek obviously wants us to talk to him right away.тАЭ

тАЬHe must have rehired him for us.тАЭ

тАЬI see that. So letтАЩs get him before he gets busy with something else. A lot of labs could use another
biomathematician.тАЭ

тАЬTrue, but there arenтАЩt a lot of labs. I think weтАЩll get him. Look, what do you think Derek means here,
тАШwrite up the possibilities right away.тАЩтАЭ

тАЬI suppose he wants to get started using the idea to try to secure more funding.тАЭ

тАЬShit. Yeah, thatтАЩs probably right. Unbelievable. Okay, letтАЩs pass on that for now, and give Yann a call.тАЭ