Team:Toulouse/Notebook/Calendar

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- Thanks to weekly meetings, our team was able to discuss about new project ideas and publications.
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- Thanks to weekly meetings, our team was able to discuss about new project ideas.
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- Many ideas were approached and debated regarding the feasibility thanks to the literature and supervisors including teachers and researchers
- Many ideas were approached and debated regarding the feasibility thanks to the literature and supervisors including teachers and researchers
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This is a list of the main projects:  
This is a list of the main projects:  
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- Let's save our trees with SubtiTree: the purpose is to use <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> as an optimized bacterium to detect, target a fungi and secrete fungicides to destroy it
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- Let's save our trees with SubtiTree: the purpose is to use <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> as an optimized bacterium to target and bind to a specific fungus and secrete fungicides to destroy it.
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- <i>E. coli</i> cancer: the concept was to create a bacterium able to colonize specifically the hypoxic regions of the tumor. The oxygen-sensitive bacterium would not be able to develop in the healthy zones
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- <i>E. coli</i> cancer: the concept was to create a bacterium able to colonize specifically the hypoxic regions of the tumor. The oxygen-sensitive bacterium would not be able to develop in the healthy zones.
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- Reduction of ruminants’ methane production: the goal is to reduce the production of methane by ingesting a microorganism in the animal’s rumen. This bacterium would be capable of reducing the quantity of metabolic hydrogen and eliminating the methanogenic Archaes population
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- Reduction of ruminants’ methane production: the goal is to reduce the production of methane by ingesting a microorganism in the animals' rumen. This bacterium would be able to reduce the quantity of metabolic hydrogen and eliminate the methanogenic Archaes population.
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<p class="texte">The discussion has been long to estimate the practicability of our final project. By the end of June, most of the ideas were eliminated but two of them remained: controlling the cancer or saving the trees. It became easily clear that SubtiTree was successfully completed whether regarding the scientific part or the ethical aspect. Indeed, our knowledge in medicine was not sufficient enough to evaluate the consequences of a bacterium injection in the human body for <i>E. coli</i> cancer.</br>
<p class="texte">The discussion has been long to estimate the practicability of our final project. By the end of June, most of the ideas were eliminated but two of them remained: controlling the cancer or saving the trees. It became easily clear that SubtiTree was successfully completed whether regarding the scientific part or the ethical aspect. Indeed, our knowledge in medicine was not sufficient enough to evaluate the consequences of a bacterium injection in the human body for <i>E. coli</i> cancer.</br>
Therefore, the whole team agreed on focusing on a local issue as the preservation of the Canal du Midi plane trees. However, the final goal was based on the idea to allow our optimized bacteria to be efficient for all fungi infections in the environment.</br>
Therefore, the whole team agreed on focusing on a local issue as the preservation of the Canal du Midi plane trees. However, the final goal was based on the idea to allow our optimized bacteria to be efficient for all fungi infections in the environment.</br>
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By this period, we evaluated our budget to approximately <B>40 k€</B>.
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By this period, we evaluated our budget to approximately <B> k€ 40,000 </B>.
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