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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.52 · baric_ti:utt:00401

Date: 2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type: transcript segment · interview
recipient: Christina Salazar, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker: Ralph S. Baric

He's a friend.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Definitely.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

And Fang Li would've been on it. So there are two Fang Li grants, one that I led that he was co-PI on and one that he led that I was co-PI on. We can provide you with those numbers, but I can't tell you what they are off the top of my head.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

And what's your relationship with Fang Li?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric

He's a friend.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

A friend. Okay. And you've all worked together so you all have grants together?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

We have a grant that is pending at NIH right now, 2 percentile, that is paused right now. We're waiting to see, from what I understand, of whether or not there's a potential GOF experiment in it or not.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

A potential what?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Gain-of-function experiment.