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LonG IsLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
COLD SPRING HARBOR, LONG ISLAND

THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY February 5, 1946

Dr. T. M. Sonnebdorn
University of Indiana
Bloomington, Ind.

Dear Sonneborn:

The purpose of this letter is to invite you to take part
in the Symposium on Quantitative Biology at Cold Spring Harbor
this summer. The subject is to be "Heredity and Variation in
Microorganisms." I am enclosing a tentative outline of the
program, showing the scientists who are being invited at this
time. The titles listed in this outline are only suggestions
for topics I wish to have discussed. Authors are entirely
free to select their own titles and subjects, so long as they
fall within the general scope of the Symposium.

According to the present plan, the Symposium will begin
on July 2nd and continue through July leth. All papers and
prepared discussion will be published as Volume XI of the
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. To
facilitate discussions and to insure prompt publication, all
manuscripts should be submitted by June 20th.

' Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

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One of the main purposes of the Symposium is to stimulate
the exchange of ideas between workers in borderline sciences.
The Symposium is planned as one unit, with the expectation
that all participants will be present throughout the session.
The Biological Laboratory is also offering its facilities
for summer research to all taking part in the Symposium, and
would like to have many members use it as their research
headquarters during the whole summer or a part of it. All
participants on the program will be suests of the Laboratory
during the Symposium. However, the Laboratory is not ina
position to pay traveling expenses except for participants
who otherwise could not attend. In that case arrangements
are to be made in advance of the meeting.

I hope that you will find it possible to take part in
this year's Symposium. If so I would appreciate it very much
if you will fill out the enclosed sheet and return it to me
at your earliest convenience.

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Sincerely yours,

M. Demerec, Director
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