On December 9th, 2022, the School of Biomedical Sciences hosted a luncheon to celebrate the accomplishments of the McGill iGEM team, a group of undergraduate students, doing interdisciplinary research, whoÌýplaced in the top ten in the 2022 edition of the iGEM world-wide competition.
iGEM is an annual event where teams of students from around the world compete by bringing a synthetic biology project from concept to results. This year's iGEM team at McGill placed in the top ten at the annual competition in Paris for their project "CoBiota." The team’s research focused on investigating a proactive probiotic to lower cholesterol, which could result in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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Professor Alba Guarné, Associate Dean and Director of the School of Biomedical Sciences, welcomes the iGEM trainees and mentors to the luncheon and congratulates everybody on their accomplishments, and expresses her pride in the success of the interdisciplinary research performed by the team.
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Jim Nicell, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, gives an inspiring speech about the team's resilience, vision, and hard work.
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Professor Lisa Münter, an advisor to the iGEM team, congratulates them on their hard work and accomplishments.
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Members of McGill's iGEM team.
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All photos were taken by Justin Hand-Gregory, Communications Officer for theÌýSchool of Biomedical Sciences.
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