Letters sent to Pontecorvo from Salvador Edward Luria concerning Pontecorvo's recent papers in Nature and research plans
- Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/3/3/1
- Dates of Creation:Dec 1944-Dec 1945
- Language of Material:Italian
- Physical Description:2 letters (2 pages)
Scope and Content
Luria asks if it is worth exploring whether "phenomena of the type of heterokaryosis, with nuclear exchanges, occcur in bacteria" and also asks Pontecorvo about his plans for the future and if he will return to Italy. One letter is in Italian.
Administrative / Biographical History
Luria won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his pioneering work with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey on phages in molecular biology.
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