RETURN of the RED QUEEN is a 3 day meeting on evolutionary arms races which will be held August 13-15 2023 in Seattle, Washington at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

There will be a mix of science and non-science activities. All are encouraged to present their current aims in research or non-academic pursuits.

Although talks will be open to the entire campus, lunches and dinners will be provided only to past and present Malik lab members and their guests. Travel and housing costs are not included,. However, financial assistance is available if housing costs would present a financial hardship.

More information to come in the next few months, and please don't hesitate to contact the organizers below if you have questions regarding the meeting.

Matt Daugherty, mddaugherty@ucsd.edu (presentation coordinator)

Patrick Mitchell, psmitche@uw.edu (non-science agenda coordinator)

Aida de la Cruz, adelacru@fredhutch.org (travel and housing coordinator)

Hosted by Dr. Harmit Malik, Professor and Associate Director at Fred Hutch Cancer Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

Awards:

• 2008 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers^[12]
• 2009 Early Career Scientist of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute^[13]
• 2010 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science^[14][15]
• 2011 Great Immigrants Recipient^[16]
• 2013 Full Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute^[13][17]
• 2017 Eli Lilly Prize in Microbiology^[18]
• 2019 Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences^[3]
• 2022 Genetics Society of America Edward Novitski Prize^[1]