STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS
20 October 1978

President

The Rockefeller University

1230 York Avenue of?
New York, New York 10021

Dr. Joshua Lederberg 2?

 

Dear Josh,

I've worked some on the penicillin manuscript and am enclosing it for your LZ
criticisms. Gan made some small stylistic changes, but the content is essentially
unchanged from the older copy you have. He feels that the results are important
and should be published as soon as possible. I think that the manuscript still needs
a bit more work, especially to convert it to a note to J. Bact. rather than a full-

fledged paper, but decided to postpone that until receiving your comments.

On the other hand, the spore paper needs a great deal of work to get it in
shape, even for a short communication to J. Bact. Again, Gan read and reworked parts
of it, and Jim is trying to respond to his criticisms. Naturally, you are the final
judge of such matters, but Gan and I are a bit sceptical about its suitability for

publication. We'll try to get you a new version on hard copy next week.
So for the moment, please take a look at the penicj{llin-mediated transformation
manuscript. You can send me comments on the machine, or directly on the paper, as you

please.

Congratulations on your official installation. It must have been a nice

opportunity to see some old friends and colleagues.

Best regards,

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Jerry Feitelson \

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DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305 ° (415) 497-5052