2024-2025 SSGSA STEM Sustainability Case Competition: Regenerative Science

Abstract

The SSGSA STEM Sustainability Case Competition is an annual research case competition hosted by undergraduate students from the STEM Students Guelph Support Association (SSGSA). The mission of this competition is to provide University of Guelph undergraduate students with an opportunity to develop their own research proposal while gaining valuable experience in innovative thinking and critical research analysis. Each year, students in teams of up to three are paired with an experienced mentor to develop and present a novel research proposal aligning with the competition’s theme. During the competition, students are taught fundamental principles outlining three lab techniques that they could write about in their proposal. The theme of this year’s competition was Regenerative Science, and competitors learned about Bioremediation, PCR, and CRISPR-Cas9. In the 2024-2025 SSGSA STEM Sustainability Case Competition, over 55 participants submitted abstracts for evaluation by faculty judges. We present to you the top 19 winning submissions in our competition abstract booklet. We hope you enjoy reading this year’s best abstract submissions and encourage you to participate in the growing SSGSA community as we strive to encourage interest in novel scientific research fields surrounding STEM.