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From: Jack Homer Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 11:20 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: Hi =effrey, I apologize for not getting back to you earlier with more =nformation about our dinochicken summit, as I left immediately on a =ouple lecture trips, one of which was to Madrid, from which I returned =ome early this morning. In Madrid I did a TED like talk and then =y wife Vanessa and I did a couple of joint lectures on the Dinochicken =roject to the National Museum (of natural History) developmental =iology folks and a high school genetics class, both in Madrid. It =as fun! The summit was very interesting, and =ertainly helped the different groups get a handle on what each group is =p too. Of course, only two of our groups are actually working on =he project, as the Georgia group is simply proposing to help out. =nbsp;The first talk was by Hans Larsson and he discussed the different =rocesses he and his post docs had attempted, one of which was very =nteresting. They had stuck a tiny tube around the developing tail =f an early embryo to confine the the area in which the vertebral =omites form with the hope that the tubing would direct cell growth in a =ong linear direction rather than expanding laterally. Their =ope was that extra somites might form. Interestingly it appears =rom their initial experiments that that happened, but now they have to =etermine if extra somites formed or whether instead, it pushed the =elvic girdle forward simply exposing more somites. Either way, it =as an interesting experiment showing that simple modifications could =Iter the morphology in pretty extreme =ays. The Georgia group talked about a variety =f things including creating transgenic chickens, enameling teeth, =hanging limb proportions, and changing mouth shape for inclusion of =eeth. Brian Conde, who has worked on multi-site, =ulti- investigator projects discussed systems for data sharing and =nalysis. Basically how we would go about text mining and data =haring and storage. Susan Chapman of Clemson =niversity, who I brought in at the last minute, and who studies chicken =ails, talked about her research on a chicken called and arucana which =s rumpless, missing its tail. At the end my =ost docs talked about their current gene screens to determine timing of =evelopment and apoptosis of the hands and =ail. I would very much like to share the =ideos with you, but am not sure how to proceed as they are quite large =iles. Everyone was really happy with the =ummit, and the group has put together their proposal of which they have =n their dropbox site which I would like to share with you if there is a =ay to do so. I will also send it once I have evaluated it. =nbsp;it was completed while I was away, and I need to explain a few =hings about it that they as a group would not know, particularly about =ome portions which would not be tax deductible. =nbsp; As for my personal life, I just =sked Vanessa how she thought it was going and she said that since we =ad just spent a week together in another country and she had not given =ny thought to killing me, it was a good sign. : ) She and I get =long just great, but then we are both dino nerds and work virtually all =he time. Hope you are doing great as well!! =nbsp;Please give my best to the girls. All the =est, Jack EFTA_R1_00068800 EFTA01763028 On Nov 12, =012, at 12:58 PM, Jeffrey Epstein wrote: were you =appy with the results. how are things personllay. = =br> The =nformation contained in this communication is confidential, may be =ttorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of =he addressee. It is the property of Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized =se, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof =s strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in =rror, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to =a href="mailto:[email protected]" =arget="_blank">[email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all =ttachments. copyright -all rights reserved 2 EFTA_R1_00068801 EFTA01763029