Hi Richard,
Nikita's original posting was on Sept. 28th. She never stated where she worked in any of her postings. I was the one who speculated that she worked at the University of California/San Francisco research labs based on her e-mail address. I don't know much about Nikita, but she seems to follow oil and mineral stocks more than pharmaceutical stocks, based on her postings to other SI threads.
Perhaps I am violating intenrnet ettiquite here, but Nikita posted a wild prediction that Paracelsian's trading would be closed. One could infer, from her posting, that she might have had some inside information that the rest of us do not. I am not a big fan of wild speculations based on the inference of inside information. I would like to know more about our mystery poster. Does she really know more than us, or is she trying to run up Paracelsian's price based on rumor, or was it merely a thoughtless post with no intention to cause a speculative run-up in price? Does she own stocks or warrants in the company? Since others have asked her to explain herself in more detail and since she has not availed herself of the opportunity, I just sent her the following message:
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Hi Nikita,
I read your September 28th post to SI's Paracelsian thread in which you said you had tried to get in touch with Dr. Babish about possible cooperation with your lab. You did not mention where you work, but from your e-mail address I assume you are affiliated with the University of California/San Francisco. I know they have a major cancer/AIDS research facility there. Do you work in this lab? What does your job entail and how does it relate to Paracelsian? What sort of project do you want to collaborate on with Paracelsian? Can you give us any more information regarding Paracelsian?
You might think that I am being a bit bold in asking these questions of a perfect stranger, but your posting has whetted my appetite for information. I know I am not the only one interested since several other posters to the Paracelsian thread have asked about you. I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer these questions on the Paracelsian board.
Robin Messing
P.S. I am posting a copy of this letter to the board.
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Let us see how Nikita responds. If there is no response then I would suggest that she should not be considered a reliable source of information should she post again. |
