11:30 – 11:40

Welcome & Networking

11:40 – 12:20

Agriculture

• Engineering Corn for Natural Pesticide Biosynthesis
• Synthetic Nodule-Like Structures in Creals 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

• Opalia – Jennifer Côté

• Dispersa – Hela Benaissa & Palmyra Mendoza Cabrer

15:30 – 16:00

iGEM, The Heart of Synthetic Biology

• McGill iGEM 2023, 2024 – Proeus & Nucle.io
• McGill iGEM 2025 – Nicholas Da Costa Bastidas & Lucas Elliot

16:00

Award announcement

16:10

Networking & Goodbye Party