23,029 ; 29.038 - Indirizzo telegrafico: Istgenetica ~ Pavia

Telefoni :

December 23rd, 1959

Professor J, Lederberg
Department of Genetics
University of Stanford
Medical Center

 

ISTITUTO DI GENETICA
UNIVERSITA DI PAVIA
VIA SANT’EPIFANIO, 14

PAVIA

Stanford, Calif.

Dear Professor Lederberg,
I wish to confirm to you the terms of the agreement
we have reached on a pyeliminary basis in our talks at Stanford last November.

I have been authorized in my capacity as one of the
directors of the research group working at the Istituto di Genetica, Pavia Uni-
versity, for the International Institute for Scientific Research (Interist) , to take
with you the following agreements:

1) that you will act as Consultant of the Research
Group working for Interist, in the Genetics Department of Pavia University,
and will receive for this a yearly fee of $ 4,000, payable in advance twice
yearly ($ 2,000 each time), You are not requested to carry out experimental
work but merely $o give advice on current research projects, and if feasible,
to suggest lines of research fitting our needs and possibilities, according to
the agreement between Interist and us, which is herewith enclosed,

2) Your contacts with the holders of Interist will take
place, if requested from either side, only through our intermediary.

3) Should there be the need for you or one of the
researchers of the Pavia Research Group to cross the Atlantic for consultation
purposes and exchange of ideas, then a fund will be made available for this
purpose up to § 2,000 a year. In this case, the travel expenses will be reim-
bursed to you and a daily cost living allowance opnted to you, while the
researchers of the Pavia Group will be entitled only to the reimbursement of
the travel expenses.

4) In the event you should suggest research plans
which could not be wholly developed in the frame of the financial programme
of the Pavia Group, then a special budget will be in each case examined and
discussed by us with the holders of Interist.

5) For all events concerning secrecy or implying
patent regulations on the work carried on by our group it is understood that
you accept the agreement herewith enclosed between Interist and our group.
Paragraph 13 of the mentioned agreement does not apply to your person,

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6) The agreement will be effective starting with
January lst, 1960 and last until December 31st, 1961. It can be renewed
if mutually agreed.

With my best regards.

Yours sincerely,

ioe

Giovanni E, Magnt?

     

 

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DEC 28 1959