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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY February 9, 1961

Professor J. Lederberg
Department of Genetics
School of Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Dear Professor Lederberg:

There is no doubt that youfplans on determining light scattering
properties of bacterial suspensions are a very good idea and much
information can be derived. I recall that many years ago the method
was used in France in order to follow the rate of multiplication of
bacteria.

I will be sending to you under separate cover pertinent reprints +
on work done here. Unfortunately, I am out of some on experimental work.
As regards the purely technical problem of these measurements, you may
not find all that you want for the simple reason that periodicals are
very often reluctant to publish experimental details. I, therefore,
generally publish on the assumption that the reader already has some
acquaintance with the background of the technical problems,

If there are any matters of detail with regard to theory or experi-
mental technique that you should like to familiarize yourself with, please
feel free to stop at my laboratory on your next trip east. My collaborators
and I shall be glad to make you acquainted with our technique.

Yours sincerely,

Sefarect freceer

Wilfried Heller
Professor of Chemistry

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