The team is also in talks with university administrators to develop a new course, MIMM/PHAR/BIOT 501: Introduction to Synthetic Biology. After noticing an increasing demand from their peers to join McGill’s iGEM chapter, the team decided to create the SynBio Collective, an extracurricular club dedicated to synthetic biology where students learn from one another and share ideas and techniques. Fast forwarding a year, their project investigating a proactive probiotic to lower cholesterol, known as CoBiota, earned them a top ten spot in the worldwide iGEM competition, held in Paris in October 2022.ĭedicated to furthering the advancement of synthetic biology education and research here at McGill, in addition to continuing their CoBiota research, the iGEM team also took the initiative of developing outreach programs. McGill’s iGEM team, a group of undergraduate students representing multiple faculties across the University, came together in 2021 to begin tackling an interdisciplinary synthetic biology project. This year, 14 members of the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS) community, including former student Adam Hassan, 11 student members of the iGEM team, and faculty members Mikaela Stiver and Terry Hébert, were selected as award recipients.Ĭongratulations to all the SBMS awardees, who you can read more about below!įorging a place for synthetic biology (Learners) The awards, part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ (FMHS) ongoing Proud to Teach campaign, aim to recognize innovative teaching strategies that are learning- and learner-focused. Both of these words aptly describe the inspiring winners of this year’s Learner and Faculty Awards for Teaching Innovation.
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