February 1, 1954

Mr. Tetsuo Iino

National Institute of Genstica
Yata 1111, Misima, Sizuoka~fen
Japan.

Dear Mr. Iino:

I fave just received your completed application form which, together
with othar letters axi documents, serves to aanwer many, of my questions
of my letta ofvJanuary 26th. To avoid confusion in the| event our
correspondence crosses, I will withhold any reply to until you have
acknowledged this letter dated February 1.

  
   
  
 
 
 
  
   

Graduate School
ics and Bacteriology.
sgibly one smmester
fapt yoursel® to our educational
records ami the recommendations
agcept you as a student if the

I now assume that you are applying for
with the intention of working for a Ph. D. degree in Ge
This course of study will probably take 3
less or more depending on how readily 9
patterns. On the basis of your own s¥g
from your professors, I will be ver;
financial and cther arrangements ch

     

First of all, I am obliged to repex
in the laboratory until one -yéa qm nov
other respects, I would syge y & Not begin your work here until
that time. However, if yvequired by pour fel owship, you could matriculate
at the University in Septdmber, and spend the first semester entirely in
course-work and in possible adjustment/to life here. Please let me know

at I will have no working space
and if it is convenient for yop in

  
     
   
 
    
   
  

  
  

ad from the University: I do not yet want to make a defi-
(as our bydget will not be approved until June ot July) but

@ to arrange a research assistantship for you, if

p or support. This will pay about $110-115 per month
- This is an adequate sum for subsistence of a single
person (perha a could gige you some helpful advice on this). This
position would allable, of course, when you could begin your research
wowk (in February 1955). If you wished to matriculate in September you would
have to find your own resources for the time. You will of course also have to
find your ow means of subsidy for your travel expense. If I can assist you in
any way by certifying your acceptance here, please let me know. The same applies
for your application for a visa.

for your firat\year or t

I have in mini a problem that seems to coincide exac tly with your stated
interests: linkage in Salmonella transduction. [I refer f$ou to these papers:
J. Bact. 64:679, 1952; Jour. Gen. Microbiol. 8389-103, 1953; Jour. Immunol.
71: 232-240, 1953-- and will seni you reprints when available. ] Our present
material suggests the possibility of loci so closely linked that they are
capable of being transduced on the sam fragment, but the markers are not
entirely satisfactory, and others should be sought/ in order to pursue the
problem more exactly. This should give #dvie excellent practice in the iso-
lation and charac terization of bacterial mitants!

With best wishes ami hopes for a fruitful association,

Yours sincerely,
P.s, If you have an opportunity to thank Drs. Kimmra, Kikkawa, Komai, Sinoto,
and McDonald for their remarks, please do so on my behalf as wall as your own.

JL.