Letter sent to Pontecorvo from Professor Boris Ephrussi regarding Ephrussi's research work

Date:
26 Dec 1946
Reference:
UGC 198/3/3/2
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Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Letter sent to Pontecorvo from Professor Boris Ephrussi regarding Ephrussi's research work. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

He explains that he has not made much progress with his work on acriflavine but that he has been engaged in isolating haploid strains and researching the inheritance of enzymes. He also asks about Pontecorvo's plans for the future and whether he will take up an offer in the United States (likely to be the position at the Department of Genetics at the Carnegie Institution of Washington).

Publication/Creation

26 Dec 1946

Physical description

1 letter (1 page)

Related material

UGC 198/2/2/4, correspondence relating to an offer of a position at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

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Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.

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The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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