‘Obering. Dr.W.Heurann Braunschveig, Sept.14%8 1956
Botan.Institut der co, Humboldtstr. 1
Techniscnen Hochschule

_ Professor Dr. Joshua Lederberg
.. University of Wisconsin + -
College: of Agriculture

‘Department of Genetics °° 2

 

fadison 6/Wisc.-U.S.A. |

  

  
 

 

. Dear: Professor Lederberg,gf
° T-beg to thank you. fox your: letter of: August. “Be eey
very glad to be able to-nforn- you. to-day that. the- “gcholar-
ship. has at last: been-£ ed by the Deutsche. Forschungsge-
meinsphaft 4 / I make- my. prepérations: to start: ‘for Madison “as
ee soon ‘as: ‘possible. Before Igcan tell you the exact -date ‘of.
Bo my: ‘departiire, I have ito: find out: first, at which time. the
ae colleague: who is tottake my place can begin hig work here,
and: secondly, for which ‘steamer I shall. succeeds ebook the
passages Tfam sure that. tBere will arige. no difficulties
whatever, and I hopé to a¥rive at Madisonta’. the. end of oo
‘Novetiber ‘or’ at. the beginning. of December. Phat Hvould mean *
a tinxte: Oo For 6 months: for-close coop¢ration, nd I hope
to learn ‘enoligh during this time, to be. able t@,g0 on wor- _
king. ;by: ly sett whilst you’will be: absent. from-Hadison. How-:
ever, that will turn out if our work i8: in Pull swing. AS
a matter Of fact I want to push ehead- first: omy Anvestiga-
tions, on bacterial - sexuality before resuning the.. experiments
on nitrogen fixation,. in grder 865% vbid egtting, scattered. 8

I have informed Dr. ‘Prékov. + iret
_d-cer 2 months later, and I suppggt
realize our plan, jointly to rent
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- shalt! arrive in Madison:
hat’ evem then we. can=stil:
Shouse ‘with two flats.
#fPiculties for: my wife to
hus enabling Mrs. Orskov

    

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At this occasion. 1 want to ‘thank you very: much for sending =
me a copy of the publicationzon “"Gonjugalepairing ‘in. #écoki
The promising. result -of these investigations ‘seems to prove”
that I am on the right path as to the continuation of my
scientific work, and I am very much indebted to. you for ha=".
ving enabled me to choose this path.

  

I an very sincerel Yours:
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