Bept.of Genetics
University of Wisconsin
Madison 6, Wis.

February 19, 1957

Mr. Y, Hirota

Department of Genctics ’
Faculty of Medicine f*
Osaka University, JAPAN

Dear Mr. Hirota:

I have now received your application, together with letters
of recommendation from your references. It was therefore pos-—
sible to send these documents to the University Committee on
Fellowships, whieh will review your application. If they award
the fellowship, I will be most pleased to have you in my laboratory.
However, I must ask that you be free to remain here as long as will
be required to obtein your Ph.D. degree. This may require 3-4 years,
partly depending on your facility with English.

To avoid any misunderstanding, in case you will be waiting te
return to a definite position in Japan, you should have a letter
from your professor that he is agreeable to this arrangegent. In
any case, I will ask your assurance that you can spend this length
of time in your studies here.

If it is absolutely essential to you, you can plan to come here
this September. However, the laboratory will be rather crowded,
and it would be better if you could begin in February 1958. That
means you shouldplan to reach the Madison about January 25 to
arrenge housing etc. There are quite a few Japanese stu ents on
campus, including Tetsuo Iino in thés laboratory, which will be
sone help to you, I am sure, én your acclimation to a new country.
Please let me know if next January would be os satisfactory for
you as September. ’

I will be in France and England from March 6 ~ April 5. If the
Comittee acts before then, you will hear of it, but please do not
be disturbed if you do not get an early reply.

We our trying to repeat your acriflavine experiments (using now
the correct amount, 20 microg/ml. ) Our first run with 200 mog/ml
was not very convincing. I have no dpubt as to the correctness of
your finding, but we must findthe conditions for regular repro-
ducibility.

Please give my regards to Professor Kikkawa, and my thanks for
his good part in your application,

Yours sincetely,

Jeb ved oy
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Bfofessor of Genetics