Team:Paris Bettencourt

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<p class=definition><b>It has always been the objective of iGEM Paris Bettencourt to conduct novel projects.  
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<p class=definition><b>Body malodor has been a problem for humans engaging in social interactions throughout history, and is caused by skin bacteria metabolizing sweat into odorant compounds. Currently, people can either mask body odor with perfumes, or by preventing sweat using an antiperspirant. </b></p>
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This year, our team has decided to explore a topic that has rarely been approached by  
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<p class=definition>The Paris-Bettencourt iGEM team aims to provide a third, more natural way, to put an end to body malodor using synthetic biology. Currently, there are four ongoing projects targeting armpit, foot, fish, as well as old person odor. The techniques used to eliminate the odor for each case will involve replacing malodorous bacteria and the compounds they produce with non-malodor producing bacteria. The team is also using bacteria to produce a smell database, where primary odors could be combined in bacteria to produce novel smells. The results of this project could go a long way towards helping eliminate body malodor, and allow people confidently engage in social interactions without the influence of bacteria produced malodorous compounds.</p>
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synthetic biologists in this competition: odor.</b></p>
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<p class=definition>Human olfaction relies on a tremendous number of cellular receptors that can detect
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specific molecules in the air. Upon the detection of combination of these compounds, a
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message is sent to the brain, which leads to the perception of one unique odor. There is  
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considerable work left to do in order to understand the sense of smell, especially in  
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determining how olfactory receptors operate. Few synthetic biologists have tried to
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engineer bacteria to produce smell or to treat bad smell since the production of odor by
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microorganisms is not studied often. One reason for the lack of study in this area is that
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it is hard to quantify and characterize an odor. We will overcome this by using odor pro-
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fessionals and commonly used scientific tools. We want to do this in order to investigate
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the links between our skin microbiota and body odor, as well as the perception of one's
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body odor by others.</p>
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Revision as of 10:32, 22 September 2014

Body malodor has been a problem for humans engaging in social interactions throughout history, and is caused by skin bacteria metabolizing sweat into odorant compounds. Currently, people can either mask body odor with perfumes, or by preventing sweat using an antiperspirant.

The Paris-Bettencourt iGEM team aims to provide a third, more natural way, to put an end to body malodor using synthetic biology. Currently, there are four ongoing projects targeting armpit, foot, fish, as well as old person odor. The techniques used to eliminate the odor for each case will involve replacing malodorous bacteria and the compounds they produce with non-malodor producing bacteria. The team is also using bacteria to produce a smell database, where primary odors could be combined in bacteria to produce novel smells. The results of this project could go a long way towards helping eliminate body malodor, and allow people confidently engage in social interactions without the influence of bacteria produced malodorous compounds.

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