8:30 – 9:00

Registration and Welcome

9:00 – 10:00

Student Presentations – Health

• Aller-Genie: A Modular Synthetic Biology Platform for Prophylactic Prevention for Anaphylaxis via Synergistic Barrier Reinforcement and Allergen Degradation
• Bioengineered MSC Scaffold: Engineering Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Delivery Systems for Glial Scar Mitigation in Spinal Cord Injury
• ICE-Microbiome Therapy for ASD: Engineering ICE-Mediated Microbiome Modulation to Restore Thiamine Metabolism in Autism Spectrum Disorder

10:05 – 10:45

Student Presentations – Tools and Methods

• BioFetchr: Content-Addressable File Retrieval using CRISPRi and Strand Displacement for DNA-Based Archival Storage
• Hashimoto Biosensor: A Synthetic Bioelectronic Platform for Hashimoto-Associated TPO Autoantibody Sensing

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee and Snack Break

Voting Session!

11:00 – 12:00

Guest Speakers – Healthcare

• Anthony Shin, R&D Scientist at Eli Health

• Dr. Claudia Penafuerte, CEO and Co-Founder at Cura Therapeutics

12:00 – 12:45

Lunch Break

Voting Session!

12:45 – 13:45

Student Presentations – Environment

• RhizoRescue: Engineering Drought-Resistant Extracellular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis for Climate-Responsive Crops
• Engineered Coral Probiotics: Engineering Temperature-Responsive Pseudoalteromonas Symbionts to Enhance Coral Antioxidant Defense, Antimicrobial Protection, and Nutrient Cycling Under the Ocean Warming Threat
• Mycoremediation: How to Engineer a New Fungus Capable of Degrading Antibiotics in Wastewater Lines?

13:50 – 14:30

Student Presentations – Food & Technology

• Control of Banana Ripening: Engineering a CRISPRi Circuit for Feedback Control of Ethylene-Driven Ripening in Musa acuminata
• Progurt: CRISPR-Engineered L. bulgaricus for Intrinsic Lactose-Free Yogurt Production

14:30 – 14:45

Coffee and Snack Break

Voting Session!

14:45 – 15:45

Guest Speakers – Sustainability and Manufacturing

• Dr. Michelle Oeser, Senior Director of R&D and Site Leader at Lallemand

• Palmyra Mendoza Cabrer and Gabrielle Desaulniers, Lab Coordinator and R&D Scientist at Dispersa

• Dr. Braden Tierney, Executive Director at The Two Frontiers Project

15:50 – 16:30

Guest Speakers – Other

• Dr. Martin Chenal, Executive Team Member at Synbio Canada

• Mollee Yee and Salena Sun, 2026 Presidents of iGEM McGill

16:30 – 16:45

Award Announcement and Pictures

17:00 – 17:30

Networking and Closing