ARLSBERG LABORATORIUM,.
WIVSTOLOGICAL DEPT.: TELF.? CENTR, LO34SA.

COPENTWAGEN, VALBY,. 6th March 19 5 8
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DENSIARK.

bear Dr. Lederberg,

I presume you have received a letter from Ur.M.5
Swaminathan about me sometime back, ana yesterday I also received
a letter from him asking me to contact you about my admission to
your aepartment.

By way of introduction, I can proviae you with
30me details which wili enable you to consider my case. After taking
my B.Sc; B.sce(Honours) and u.a. Gegrees in Botany, I joined Dr.i. Kk,
Subramaniam in the Indian Institute of science in Bangalore in 1953
and started working on cytogenetics of yeasts. I leit the department
in 1955 and joinea br.Swaminatnan in Wwew velhi as his Research Assis-
-tant and was in the staff of the Cytogenetics section there until
Prof.jj.Winge sponsored me to come to Denmark through a banish fe-
-llowship in september 1957. I have taken a leave from the Institute
for three to four years at the end of which time I will again join
Dr. Swaminatahan in Delhi.

During my stay in Bangalore,besides undergoiming
training in microbiological technigues, Il also carried out ea detailed
experimental study of the 'sndopolyploidy concept'of Dr. Subramaniam.
“he results obtained by me dia not, however confirm his views and
{ left him,ana published my own iaeas inaepencently after many disg-
cussions with other people in the field.In Delhi, I have worked out a
fairly good method for studying the different cytological details in
yeasts with Dr. Swaminathan.

vnen I came to Denmark to work with Prof. Vinge
I startea a detailed study of sieiosis and ilanlo and Dinlophase in
gac.cerevisiae, which I have completed now and the results are expected
to be published in vVomptes xendus.Lab.Canlsberg. at present I am
working on the uenetics of welibiose fermentation in some of the
new yeast strains whicn we received from Lisbon recently. since my
grant lasted only for six montns, (up to Heb.58) and I am in the
middle of my problem, Prof.,)./inge and prof. iliuolter have been kind
enougn to attempt to extent the grant for one more year (till Heb.59)
through the xask-yrsted foundation of Denmark. If this is avproved,
it will enable me to finish the present problems.

Although 1 have always been interestea in wicpobial
genetics, I aid not have a gbod oppurtunity to acquaint myself with
the field until I. came to the Carlsberg Laboratorium. I must say
that I am fairly acquainted wek&k with all the interesting publications
from your school,and uuring my stay with Dr, Swaminathan, I have
heard much about you and the Genetic investigations at wisconsin.

I would appreciate the oppurtunity to work under your guidance for
my wvoctorate degree, especially after the background {f have gained
here with prof.#inge and Dr.Uatherine Roberts.

I shall be very glad to furnish any other details
you want in this connection about me ana my work. IT am also enclosing
a list of my publications herewith.

vhanking you,
Yours. sincerely,
AU ELE
(a. .Ganesan)
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