“Great event. Enjoyed listening to some start up founders and some great research from other students.”
— Jack Lockyer, Master’s Student
Congratulations to the awardees!
Best Synthetic Biology: Engineering Autotrophic S. cerevisiae via Optimized Directed Endosymbiosis (Quinten Bennett, Jack Lockyer, Ayoub Rabhi)
Best Sustainability: Synthetic Nodule-Like Structures in Cereals Using CRISPR-Cas9 (Daniela Magallanes, Carlos Balcazar Camacho, Tyler Young)
Best Presentation: Probiotics for Preventative Dentistry (Kate Willis-Urena, Reefah Kabir, Luis Arturo Flores Asomoza)
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
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
Conference Chairs
Professor Codruta Ignea: codruta.ignea@mcgill.ca
Eleanor Dong: yueming.dong@mail.mcgill.ca
Conference Organizers
Laura Hebert: laura.hebert@mail.mcgill.ca
Kate Willis-Ureña: kate.willis-urena@mail.mcgill.ca
Catherine Xu: catherine.xu@mail.mcgill.ca
Behind the Scenes
