<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Dear Researchers,</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am writing to you as part of an NSF Bootcamp project. Our startup company, </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.healthtechnologyinnovations.com/__;!!Mih3wA!Wnam_y7ORUq1deYcZCQKsgpMplnZvvzmuVKF8kpWvDFkimQuenbBz5wt92Unw3CFWw$" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Health Technology Innovations, Inc.</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (HTI), recently received a </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1939142&HistoricalAwards=false__;!!Mih3wA!Wnam_y7ORUq1deYcZCQKsgpMplnZvvzmuVKF8kpWvDFkimQuenbBz5wt92UnZkVW1g$" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">National Science Foundation grant award (NSF STTR Phase I)</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for CryoDiscovery™, a project applying machine learning to cryo-EM image processing.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As part of the Bootcamp we need to get input from cryo-EM users to better understand their key pain points so that we can help address them.  We will not discuss our product, CryoDiscovery, unless asked, in the discussions.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your expertise and knowledge in cryo-EM will be greatly appreciated. All input will remain confidential, but you will receive our summary of key learnings after all interviews are completed. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you'd like to help us with your perspectives, please let us know.  We will elaborate further.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks and regards,</span></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">N Kumar</font><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">CTO, HTI Inc,</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Portland Oregon.</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">+1 (503) 539 9528</font></div><div><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.healthtechnol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