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ISTITUTO DI GENETICA
UNIVERSITA DI PAVIA

Telefoni: 21.036-7; 29.038 - Indirizzo telegrafico: Istgenetica - Pavia

VIA SANT’EPIFANIO, 14

27100 - PAVIA
| MaieGh, 15th, 1971

Dear Josh,

Marto has told me that you have mentioned to Luca the possibility
that I come to Stanford this year.The idea seems great but it is
impossible for me to come for more than 2-3 months.In order to stay
away for a longer period of time I should get an official leave

from the Univeristy.Such a leave should be approved by the Faculty
and right now it appears unfeasible.

As I am teaching the second semester and I have to attend a sympo-
sium in Hungary during the first half of September,I am wondering

if the period September 15th-December 15th would be convenient for
you.Unfortunately the stay will be too short to do much work and
financially it will be impossible to take the family with me.

I don't know if you have already some idea about the work.As far as
I Wam concerned,I am inw a period of considerable confusion and I

am planning to change my line of research.As yet I have not made up
my mind but I am convinced that in a few thonths it will be impossible
to do any wprk requiring a laboratory.The type of work that I have
been doing up to now depended to some extent on the activity of other
people(younger scientists,technicians etc.)and it will be impossible
to get this help in a very near future.Alienation is the prevailing
mood in Pavia and elsewhere.For all these reasons too I wpuld wel-
come more than ever the opportunity to come to Stanford but I am

not so sure that I may be of much help in the lab.

Let me hear from you.Best regards

Ono

P.S.I have a number of requets for the paper in J.Bact. v. 104,

» Shall I send them to you?