DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY OCT 2 6 1965
FACULTY OF SCIENCE

OSAKA UNIVERSITY
NAKANOSHIMA, OSAKA, JAPAN

October 23, 1965

Professor J. Lederberg
Department of Genetics
Medical Center
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
U.S.A.

Dear Joshua sensei:

Please excuse my long silence. Teday, I would like to
write my recent status to you.

Big changes have been occurred here in this year: Professor
H. Kikkawa retired his professorship of Department of Biology,
School of Science, University of Osaka where I have been a staff.
Election of the new professor has been done many times but still
not finally determined yet, and I was dropped from the candidates,
even Professor Kikkawa has been supported on me.

The policy of the department is that all the research
position of the laboratory will be appointed by the newly elected
professor, and the old staffs of the laboratory including myself
were suggested to leave here within a certain period of time, ~
if he is not appointed by the new professor. It means that
very few security has been left to continue my work at this
department, and I am so tired on this environment.

Fortunately, Dr. F. Jacob of Pasteur Institute gave me an
opportunity to visit his laboratory, and I would like to go
there for a while on the end of this month and wait the results
from Osaka.

Please give my best regards to Esther.

With very best regards,

[(ubemesi A irrla

Yukinori Hirota