Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted) — page 52

DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com MS. SALAZAR: And what grant was that? Was it a coronavirus grant? DR. BARIC: Definitely. MS. SALAZAR: Okay. DR. BARIC: 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. MS. SALAZAR: And what's your relationship with Fang Li? DR. BARIC: He's a friend. MS. SALAZAR: A friend. Okay. And you've all worked together so you all have grants together? DR. BARIC: 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. MS. SALAZAR: A potential what? DR. BARIC: Gain-of-function experiment. MS. SALAZAR: Oh, okay. So it's under the gain-of22 function pause. DR. BARIC: Well, as told to me, as told to Fang Li, actually, there is one experiment that they think needs to be reviewed by the new committee that is formed after the