Fossil Viruses and Genetic Conflicts with Dr. Harmit Malik

Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Emmarie and Veronika talk to Dr. Harmit Malik, a professor and associate director of the Basic Science Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. He received his BTech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in Biology at the University of Rochester. His lab studies the evolution of genetic conflict in Drosophila, primates, and yeast, with a focus on centromeres, viruses, and mobile elements.If you want to know more about the research discussed in this episode or about the Genetics program at Texas A&M, please visit the following websites:Dr. Harmit Malik’s bio: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/faculty-lab-directory/malik-harmit.html Dr. Malik’s lab website: https://research.fredhutch.org/malik/en.html Dr. Malik’s Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=68yAqOQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu