1991 FMC

January 2,

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Box 400

The Rockefeller University
New York, NY 10021-6399

Dear Professor Lederberg:

Thank you for your note of 12/23/90, with a copy of your
interesting retrospective review attached. As requested,
we are sending, by separate mail, 2 - 10-plate packets of
our RepliPlate® colony transfer pads, as well as litera-
ture describing FMC BioProducts agaroses and other offer-
ings. I've included with this letter a paper that Foner
Curtis and I published on our replicating device, as well
as the patents covering them.

Several years ago, during the early stages of our work, I
tried to contact your laboratory to see if you would like
to evaluate our prototypes, since you were our inspira-
tion, but you were apparently on a sabbatical. We would
appreciate hearing any feedback you might have after you
evaluate the samples. We have considered producing other
sizes and forms, including a bulk pack of just the
sterile pads with a separate multiuse handle. Perhaps I
can get a chance to visit with you on my next swing
south, or maybe you would accept an invitation to visit
us here in Maine and give a seminar to our group. All
expenses would be paid, and we would provide a suitable
honorarium.

Thanks for getting in touch. Best regards, and best
wishes for a new year filled with continued success, good
health, and happiness.

Sincerely yours,
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Donald W. Renn, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
FMC Corporation

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