McMaster iGEM x Shad at Mac Design Case Competition 2026: Expanding Blood Donor Eligibility with Synthetic Biology

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Published May 31, 2026
DOI https://doi.org/10.26685/urncst.1125

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Shreya Subramanian
iGEM, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4L8
Jiawen Ren
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4L8
Morgan Puusaari
School of Interdisciplinary Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4L8
Adelina Zhao
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4L8
Anh Bui
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4L8
Kishaani Thavaranjan
Faculty of Science, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Abstract

Approximately 7.1 million people are deterred from donating blood due to certain exclusion criteria placed by the Canadian Blood Services to allow for safe transfusion. Participants were required to devise synthetic biology solutions to widen the blood inclusion criteria set by the Canadian Blood Services to allow more individuals to donate. The following are abstracts from the case competition hosted by Shad@Mac and iGEM McMaster.

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