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I don't think this is appropriate for hacker news. reddit.com is a better place for stuff like this.

rms 19y ago
Why do you think this? The intention of Hacker News was not to combine Startup News and programming.reddit.com. I don't think there is any controversy about the relevance of pure science on this site.
- michaelneale 19y ago
  I am a little frustrated by the ability to not vote things down (hence the need to make a negative comment). Also, I have no idea why I commented on this story. I must have had mouse parallax error and clicked on the wrong one. I was outside in the sun (at a cafe) and there was a bit of glare, but it definitely was NOT this story that I intended to comment on.
- aswanson 19y ago
  You might want to try this guy. He has no shortage of capital and seems to be moving his company in that direction: http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._E._Shaw_%26_Co http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._E._Shaw_%26_Co.
  - rms 19y ago
    How exactly would one go about getting in touch with a hedge fund guy without an introduction? It seems like it would be even more fruitless than just sending a business plan to a VC.
    - aswanson 19y ago
      He was/is on the faculty at Columbia. They have a group dedicated to comp. biology and they may be interested in modelling the interaction you are talking about. Associate with some of the professors there in the chem/bio dept and you may get something going. Drexel University also has a great IP/funding program, you may want to try them. Do what this woman did: http://lungevity.org/uploads/files/WSJ.2007.pdf http://lungevity.org/uploads/files/WSJ.2007.pdf. Hell, start a benefit run or bike ride...something. This line of work is too important rms. Make it happen.
- aswanson 19y ago
  Sorry, click on the 'new architectures for a new biology' on that Stanford link. It only gave me the root url.

rms 19y ago

Why do you think this? The intention of Hacker News was not to combine Startup News and programming.reddit.com. I don't think there is any controversy about the relevance of pure science on this site.

michaelneale 19y ago
I am a little frustrated by the ability to not vote things down (hence the need to make a negative comment). Also, I have no idea why I commented on this story. I must have had mouse parallax error and clicked on the wrong one. I was outside in the sun (at a cafe) and there was a bit of glare, but it definitely was NOT this story that I intended to comment on.
aswanson 19y ago
You might want to try this guy. He has no shortage of capital and seems to be moving his company in that direction: http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._E._Shaw_%26_Co http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._E._Shaw_%26_Co.
- rms 19y ago
  How exactly would one go about getting in touch with a hedge fund guy without an introduction? It seems like it would be even more fruitless than just sending a business plan to a VC.
  - aswanson 19y ago
    He was/is on the faculty at Columbia. They have a group dedicated to comp. biology and they may be interested in modelling the interaction you are talking about. Associate with some of the professors there in the chem/bio dept and you may get something going. Drexel University also has a great IP/funding program, you may want to try them. Do what this woman did: http://lungevity.org/uploads/files/WSJ.2007.pdf http://lungevity.org/uploads/files/WSJ.2007.pdf. Hell, start a benefit run or bike ride...something. This line of work is too important rms. Make it happen.
aswanson 19y ago
Sorry, click on the 'new architectures for a new biology' on that Stanford link. It only gave me the root url.