Hello from the iGEM Concordia 2025 Team!


We are the ToastBusters, a name that takes inspiration from Ghostbusters, but instead of hunting ghosts, we are taking on a very real villain: gluten. Celiac disease is the true “monster” we are battling, and our project is focused on developing solutions to help those affected. Armed with synthetic biology, curiosity, and a whole lot of team spirit, we are ready to bust through barriers and bring meaningful change to the table!

Students


Aidan Doudeau

Aidan
Doudeau

Undergraduate student: Biochemistry

Aisveen Jeyanandan

Aisveen Jeyanandan

Undergraduate student: Cell and Molecular Biology

Amanda Peragine

Amanda Peragine

Undergraduate student:
Biology

Amaury Braun

Amaury Braun

Undergraduate student:
Biology

Dorothea Davidson

Dorothea Davidson

Undergraduate student: Cell and Molecular Biology

Fanny Gallé

Fanny Gallé

Undergraduate student: Cell and Molecular Biology

Isabela Morita

Isabela Morita-de Oliveira

Undergraduate student: Systems and Information Biology

Karin Etemadi

Karin Etemadi

Undergraduate student: Biology

Leah Kay

Leah Kay

Undergraduate student: Biochemistry

Mariame S. Kane

Mariame S. Kane

Undergraduate student:
Design

Nicolas Sweet

Nicolas Sweet

Undergraduate student: Biochemistry

Yasmine Bouzar

Yasmine Bouzar

Undergraduate student: Biochemistry

Mentors


Jeffrey Bouffard

Jeff Bouffard

Postdoctoral researcher: Genetic engineering of extracellular vesicles

Gabriel Aguiar-Tawil

Gabriel Aguiar-Tawil

PhD student: Functional RNA and DNA nanosystems

Toluwase Fatoki

Toluwase Fatoki

PhD student: Applied Bioinformatics and Peptide Biophysics

Megan Greensill

Megan Greensill

Master's student: Protein biochemistry, molecular cloning

Principal Investigators


Dr Christopher Brett

Christopher Brett

Professor and Researcher: Yeast genetics, cell biology, synthetic biology, extracellular vesicles

Orly Weinberg

Orly Weinberg

Professor: CASB Training & Outreach; SynBioApps Program Manager