M/s

Mr. Alexander Tomasz

c/o Dr. Otto Hoffmann—Ostaenhof
University of Vienna
Wuhringerstr. 42

Wien XI, Austr&a

Dear Mr. Tomasz:

I have just received your letter, together with that of
Mr. Lengyel. I will make every effort to communicate with
my colleagues on the possibility of finding an appointment
for you.

I may have space in my own laboratory for yourself. We
have recehtly been engaged in a study of protoplasts of E. coli
in a mmxagh search for a suitable 'transformation' reaction, and
would like to continué with a joint biochemical and genetical
analysis. I was not yet acquainted with the deails of Prof.
Gyorffy's experiments, though I had expected to see him at a
meeting at London in March.

If you are not already acquainted with the work of our labo-
ratory, you can find references to it in recent years in the

following jogrnals: Genetica; Jourpal teriology; ,Proc
Nat. Acad. Sci., U.S. (Sep. '56)? Ror PS RSMEARLEE, *sT9" 1956.

I have to consider the candidacy of other students as well,
but am prepared to give your application the most sympathetic
consideration, if you consider that your interests and training
are in accord with the program just mentioned. For your part,
I would like to hear from your references as to your qualifications;
if you can reconstruct a more complete statement of your academic
training, this would be appreciated. I have written as stinmcmbkx
discreetlymx as possible to Professor Gyorffy, but perhaps I
should wait to hear your advice as to whether such a communication
would be harmful to him. iI shall therefore not mail that letter
for the tims being!.

If you can also give me any particulars as to when you would be
able to begin your research studies, as far as you know yourself,
this would be useful also.

The stipends for graduate students are not very large, but I
will do as best I can. Does your wife have any special training
that would help her to find employment tco?

Yours sincerely,

P.S. Can you furnish any references

to publications on the Serratia Joshua Lederberg

ef“ects? Professor of Genetics
I will send you som reprints

by surface mail.