definitely one of the more amusing phone calls i've received lately feel free to pass along! Begin forwarded message: From: Poppy Riddle <poppy@offthefence.com<mailto:poppy@offthefence.com>> Subject: Biophysics Myth-buster Wanted for TV Documentary Date: January 15, 2015 12:25:55 PM PST To: <matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu<mailto:matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu>> Hi Matt, I would be incredibly grateful if you could circulate this email amongst your post-grads. I do hope that it pique's someones interest! All the best, Poppy Dear UCSF Students, I am emailing from a TV company based in the United Kingdom called Off the Fence<http://www.offthefence.com/>. We will be flying to California next month to begin filming on a new documentary series looking at extraordinary people with remarkable skills. One of these people is a man called Kanzawa Sensei <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlR15Gnj8wc> - a chi expert from Japan, who claims he has the ability to heal people, and even put animals to sleep by directing 'chi'. The essence of this 'chi' seems to be an "energy" property that he is able to harness and direct at his subjects... We are looking for a post-grad to act as a myth-buster for us for 1 day in February, and perhaps run some basic tests to find out if biophysics can explain what's happening, or if it really is just an elaborate hoax! This programme will be going out internationally and will hopefully prove a fun (possibly enlightening?) experience, so if you think you could handle being on camera and be able to find the time and join us on location, we would love to have you! All the best, Poppy -- Poppy Riddle Researcher and Coordinator Direct: +44 (0)117 909 7561 Off the Fence Productions | 20 Elmdale Road | Tyndalls Park | BS81SG Bristol Tel: +44 (0)117 909 7560 [http://i.imgbox.com/p8RxD9eN.png]<https://twitter.com/PoppyRiddle> [http://i.imgbox.com/Hog3oA2p.png] <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/poppy-riddle/37/49a/4b4> [http://i.imgbox.com/2Nx08TDr.png] <https://plus.google.com/+PoppyRiddle> www.offthefence.com<http://offthefence.com/> [http://i62.tinypic.com/14l3ul4.jpg] Good planets are hard to find - please think of the environment before you print this email.The information in this email including any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise the sender immediately by return email and then delete this email and any attachment from your system. The unauthorised use, distribution, copying or alteration of this email and any attachments is strictly forbidden. No employee or agent is authorized to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of Off the Fence B.V. with another party by email without a binding written agreement between your company and Off the Fence B.V. Prior to the execution of such agreement, Off the Fence B.V. shall have no obligations with respect to any deal terms discussed and/or agreed to in principle. Any costs/expenses or other activities are incurred at your own cost and risk until full execution of the relevant agreement. Matthew P. Jacobson Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Director, Graduate Group in Biophysics UCSF MC 2540 1700 4th St., Byers Hall, Room 408E San Francisco, CA 94158-2330 matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu<mailto:matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu> jacobsonlab.org<http://jacobsonlab.org>