November 12, 1953

Dr. Selman A. Wakeman
Department of Microblology
Rutgere University

New Brunswi.ck

New Jersey

Dear Dr. Waksman:

Thank you for your letter of Novomber 4. “As I had
indicated in my previous letters, I was looking forward
to finding an oprortunity during this coming spring to
visit your department.

I'am happy to accept your invitation to participate
4n the symposium "Frontiers in Microbiology." I hope,
however, that your invitation does not request that I
speak on the subject of actinomyoete genetics, as I do
not feel that our work on this subject has progressed
to the point where it should be pub! exposed. If
4t would be appropriate to the general makeup of your ~
symposium, however, I would be more than happy to deal
with the general role that genetics is likely to play in
the further development of microbiology. If, as my very
well be the case, hotiever, you have several other speakers
tn mind on the subject of bacterial genetics, it might be
more appropriate for me to confine my remarks someniat to
our particular work on n gonetic recombination dn micro=
organisms.

I wild look forward to hoaring from you at a lator .
date as to the makeup of this symposiun so that I my
nore accurately plan my contribution. |

.° Tam looking forward to mosting you and having the
op; ortunity to discuss with you several topics of mutual
interest.

Yours since:

      

_ dJosima Lederberg, —
Associate Professor of Genetica

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