Dear Hr. Day:

  I am pleased to reply to youmof the 9th.  I would like to
help you in ang way that I cab. However, I think that your appli-
cation might be n&addressed to me. The field of your intereat
would appsar to coincide very closely with the very important
work being led at this campus by Professor 0. W. Keitt, in the
Department of Plant Pathology.  I have had the pleasure of consul-
ting with h&m on numerous occasions in the past, end would be
happy to continue such an arrangeqent if you should fFnd it pos-
sible to work: with him. Professor Heitt's closest concerns now are
in the @metics of Venturia inaequnlis, but it happens there is
also som8 work going on with Cladosporium. Unfortunately, I do
not have sufficient assurance of space in my own laboratory for
next year that I can afford to make my additional commitmnts
at the instant. But let ms reiterate that while an association
with the Plant Pathology department would be more pertinent to your
iamedio.to interests, you would be welcome to join our semimrs,
courses, discussions, etc. We are just am-098 the street from
Prof. Keitt.  The work in our own laboratory is centered almost
entirely on bacteria at the present time.

  You br&fly mentimed somthing about smuts. Do you know
David PerkinS((Stmford Uhiversity) work oh Ustilago mydis?
(Genetics 34: 607, 1949). We had once theught of som work on
these linea ourselves, but went to other things when I learned
that Dave was going after it.  If this is a primary interest, you
might want to communicate with Dr. Perkins at the Stanford Biology
Department.  I passhg I might also mention that Dr. Paul Allen
(on leave from our Botmy Department) is presently at the Molten0
Institute, and you tight be Interested to lesrh soothing of his
physiological studies on sporidial Ustil2go.

May I recommd then that you pursue your application with Pro-
fessor Keitt, outlining your particular interests in som detail,
stating when and for how long you would be available, and so forth.
It would be appropriate for you tohave two or three letters of
reference forwarded to him (or me) 2s well, and I know that Prof.
'Xeitt will be interested to hear of ycur thesis studies in som
de&&il. (I had just seen your remarks in the llWB"). Since we
have to settle our plans for next year before very long,expedition
muld be prudent.

Please convey my respects to Dr. Lewis,

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Joshua Zederberg