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.

Schedule of Meeting:

Sunday August 13

5-8pm, Dinner and activities at Seattle Park

Monday August 14,

9am-12pm, Presentations, Introduction by Dr. Sue Biggins

lunch 12-1:30pm. Lunch on campus

1:30-5pm, Presentations

5-7ppm. Mixer and activities

7pm, Dinner and activities

Tuesday August 15,

9-11am, Presentations

11am-1pm Brunch

1-1:30pm, Closing remarks by Dr. Harmit Malik

List of Speakers: 

• Dr. Daniel Vermaak, Seattle Public Schools
• Dr. Sara Sawyer, University of Colorado Boulder
• Dr. Nels Elde, University of Utah
• Dr. Ben Wiggins, Shoreline College
• Dr. Emily Claire-Baker University of Oregon
• Dr. Ray Malfavon-Borja, California State University San Marcos
• Dr. Nitin Phadnis, University of Utah
• Dr. Maulik Patel, Vanderbilt University
• Dr. SaraH Zanders, Stowers Institute
• Dr. Mia Levin, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Matt Daugherty, University of California San Diego
• Dr. Patrick Mitchell,  University of Washington
• Dr. Ben Ross, Dartmouth University
• Dr. Rick McLaughlin, Pacific Northwest Research Institute
• Dr. Antoine Molaro, Clermont-Ferrand University, France
• Dr. Tera Levin, University of Pittsburg
• Dr. Lisa Kursel, University of Utah
• Dr. Kevin Forsberg, University of Texas Southwestern 
• Dr. Courtney Schroeder, University of Texas Southwestern 
• Dr. Rossana Colon-Thillet, Sana Biotechnology Inc.
• Dr. Michelle Hays, Stanford University
• Dr. Jeannette Tenthorey, University of California San Fransisco
• MD, PhD candidate Brian Goldspiel, Johns Hopkins University
• PhD candidate Danica Schmidtke,  Stanford University
• PhD candidate Serena del Banco, University of Washington
• PhD candidate Afeez Sodeinde, Yale University
• Dr. Pravrutha Raman, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
• Dr. Ching-Ho Chang, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
• Dr. Phoebe Hsieh, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
• Dr. Tamanash Bhattacharya, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

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 weeks, 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]