Re: Protein folding

[Tim Gwinn <***>]

I suspect the "different way" is the methodology Rosen outlines on p. 271 of
LI, which utilizes some mathematical results of a Russian mathematician,
I.I. Pyatetski-Shapiro.

Regards,
Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROSEN Forum [mailto:*** Behalf Of Jack
> Park
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: Models and ecosystem balance/change...
>
>
> At a lunch table in Santa Fe, Robert Rosen told several of us that he
> had discovered a different way (than energy minimization) to fold
> proteins. He said that he couldn't get any funding to develop it since
> the funding reviewers were, as I recall his statement, drawn from those
> with vested interests in the energy methods. I offered and he expressed
> interest in my finding a funding channel through the SBIR process. He
> never followed up on my request for comments on the proposal I began to
> draft.
>
> Jack