‘SCHOOL JOB APPLICATION LETTER ‘By: Fred Winston, May 2, 1996 Dr. Welcome Bender Department o Biological Chemisty and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical Schoo! Boston, MAGZ115 Dear Dr. Bender, Jam curently a graduate sudentin Greg Mendels lab at the U. of Brinn and | am ‘witng to inquire about the possibity of a postdoctoral positon in yourlaboratory. | ‘plan on gradiating in June, 2004 and | would be interestedin beginning between June September, 2004. ‘My graduate work has focusedion the inhertance pattems of certain traits in the pea Pum sativum. Since peas have many tats that differ between different rue. ‘breeding plants, and since peas can both crossfertize and selt-tertiize, this has ‘been a good system for studying inheritance. My work has suggested that the inheritance of genetic trats follows two genera rules. First, two members of agene ‘pair segregate from each other into the gametes. Second, during gamete formation, the segregaton of alleles of one gene & independert of the segregation of alleles of “another gene. This workwill soan be published by the Natural History Society of Duringthe course of my graduate wor, | have become very interested in Drosophila developmental biology. | have been especially intigued by stuties of the Polycom camplex and ow t represses gene expression dung devebpment. “Thus, | am quite interested in the work going on in your laboratory. {1am planning a vist tothe United States sometime earl this summer. it possi, | ‘would Ike to vist your lab at that tine. | would be happy to presert a Seminar on my work. Enclosed is a copy of my CV. | have asked my three referencesto send you letters, ‘on my behalf | bok forwardto hearing from you. Simerey yours, Hugo de Vries: