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<div id=teen><a class=layout href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt/Project/Old_People_Smell"><p class=descript2>2-nonenal is "old people smell," a component of sweat that increases with age. Here we isolate and characterize bacterial species that metabolize 2-nonenal and attenuate its characteristic odor.</p><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/6/6f/Teenspirit.png" class=nameimg><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/5/57/Teenspiritrosepb.png" class=nameimgr></a></div> | <div id=teen><a class=layout href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt/Project/Old_People_Smell"><p class=descript2>2-nonenal is "old people smell," a component of sweat that increases with age. Here we isolate and characterize bacterial species that metabolize 2-nonenal and attenuate its characteristic odor.</p><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/6/6f/Teenspirit.png" class=nameimg><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/5/57/Teenspiritrosepb.png" class=nameimgr></a></div> | ||
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| - | <div id=fish><a class=layout href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt/Project/TMAU"><p class=descript2>Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) is a rare genetic disease causing a strong fish odor to appear in the sweat. Here we engineer skin bacteria to degrade trimethylamine, the odor causing molecule, with the enzyme TMM (trimethylamine monooxygenase).</p><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/b/b9/Somethingfishy.png" class=nameimg><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/fd/Somethingfishyrosepb.png" class=nameimgr></a></div> | + | <div id=fish><a class=layout href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt/Project/TMAU"><p class=descript2>Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) is a rare genetic disease causing a strong fish odor to appear in the sweat. Here we engineer skin bacteria to degrade trimethylamine, the odor causing molecule, with the enzyme TMM (trimethylamine monooxygenase).</p><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/b/b9/Somethingfishy.png" id=fishy class=nameimg><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/fd/Somethingfishyrosepb.png" id=fishy class=nameimgr></a></div> |
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<div id=shoes><a class=layout href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt/Project/Foot_Odor"><p class=descript2>Isovaleric acid, the cheesy component of foot odor, is produced by <i>B. subtilis</i> through the leucine degradation pathway. We characterize <i>B. subtilis</i> mutants in this pathway, in vitro and in situ (on socks).</p><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/3a/Goodytwoshoes.png" class=nameimg><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/d/dd/Goodytwoshoesrosepb.png" class=nameimgr></a></div> | <div id=shoes><a class=layout href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Bettencourt/Project/Foot_Odor"><p class=descript2>Isovaleric acid, the cheesy component of foot odor, is produced by <i>B. subtilis</i> through the leucine degradation pathway. We characterize <i>B. subtilis</i> mutants in this pathway, in vitro and in situ (on socks).</p><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/3a/Goodytwoshoes.png" class=nameimg><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/d/dd/Goodytwoshoesrosepb.png" class=nameimgr></a></div> | ||
Revision as of 19:47, 17 October 2014
Body odor is caused by the metabolic action of bacteria on human sweat. Existing deodorants are antibiotic - they kill all skin bacteria including neutral and beneficial species. Where body odor carries a social stigma, alternatives to deodorant are few.
The iGEM Paris Bettencourt 2014 project explores new ways to control body odors through precise modifications of the living microbiome. We target common odors of the armpit and foot, as well as odors specific to old age or genetic disease. We present a BioBrick smell library for mixing genetic perfumes and a CRISPR-mediated technology for isolating naturally odorless bacterial strains.
Our work represents a probiotic and body-positive approach to body odor that will someday help people to smell just like themselves.
Centre for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI)
Faculty of Medicine Cochin Port-Royal, South wing, 2nd floor
Paris Descartes University
24, rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques
75014 Paris, France
+33 1 44 41 25 22/25
paris-bettencourt-igem@googlegroups.com
+33 1 44 41 25 22/25
paris-bettencourt-igem@googlegroups.com 
