The iGEM Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of synthetic biology through education and competition while fostering an open, collaborative, and cooperative community. For more than 20 years, 80,000+ iGEMers from leading education institutions in 65+ countries have put their brains and energy into developing biological solutions to preserve the environment and improve the lives of people all over the world.

Nurturing the thirst for learning amongst students is highly rewarding.

As a green biotech company and circular economy leader, our mission at Aplantex is to enhance the molecular power of plants by improving access to the phytochemical ingredients that contribute to our well-being in terms of our health, beauty, and diet while also simplifying the supply chain and embracing environmental, social and governance principles. This ties in closely with the aims and spirit of iGEMers. To encourage and inspire the iGEMers of McGill University is thus natural for the Aplantex scientific team.

On September 7^th our CTO, Mr. André LeBlanc, was one of four speakers invited to present various issues in mitigating the human impact on the environment in biomanufacturing. He was joined on the panel by M. Alex Campbell, CSO, Hyasynth Bio, M. Gurpreet Bhatia, Director of Energy Roadmap Business Development, Federal Co-operatives Limited, and Dr. Hector Garcia Martin, Staff Scientist Quantitative Metabolic Modeling at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Director, Data Science and Modeling, Joint BioEnergy Institute. ” It is highly rewarding to nurture the thirst for learning and discovery of the women and men who will create tomorrow’s answers to our environmental challenges ” concluded M. LeBlanc at the close of the event.

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