The McGill SynBio & Sustainability Conference

The 3rd student-driven

Sustainability and Synthetic Biology Conference

Picture of a historical building in ruins.

“Modern sustainability is the integration of the environment, people, and the economy”

– Leproust, 2022

April 11th, 2025

11:30-17:30

3610 Rue University WONG1030

Montreal QC Canada

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Program

11:30 – 11:40

Welcome & Networking

11:40 – 12:20

Agriculture

  • Engineering Corn for Natural Pesticide Biosynthesis
  • Synthetic Nodule-Like Structures in Cereals Using CRISPR-Cas9

12:20 – 13:20

Health

  • Probiotics for Preventative Dentistry
  • Engineering Steroidogenic Organoids for Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Microbiome Engineering for Improved Gut Health

13:20 – 14:00

Industry

  • Engineering Autotrophic S. cerevisiae via Optimized Directed Endosymbiosis
  • Engineering Lactobacillus for Lactose-Free Dairy Production

14:00 – 14:30

Break – Voting Begins

14:30 – 15:30

Synthetic Biology for Sustainability

  • TISED/Civil Engineering – Prof. Subhasis Ghoshal & Aysa Hedayati Azar
  • Dispersa – Hela Benaissa & Palmyra Mendoza Cabrer

15:30 – 16:00

Students Lead the Field

  • Nucleate Canada – Dan Voicu
  • McGill iGEM 2025 – Nicholas da Costa Bastidas, Lucas Elliott & Mia Bhatia

16:00

Award announcement

16:10

Networking & Goodbye Party

Thank you to ELATE and the Ignea Lab for sponsoring this event.