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The South of France, the Midi and its namesake canal, its calm and its planes trees... in danger! From this observation, a group of students, supervised by LISBP / INSA Toulouse and UPS lecturers, decided to get involved and find a solution. This successful project was supported by TULIP through the educational goals and topics covered. Indeed, conclusive results have been obtained and the students were rewarded at the prestigious IGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine competition) 2014 competition, initiated by the MIT.

Plane trees along the Canal du Midi are affected by the "canker stain" disease. Currently, the only solution for the less radical is felling the affected trees to prevent the disease spreading to neighbouring trees. Choosing another option, the students invested in this project modified a bacterium to make it capable to fight against the canker stain fungi. To prevent accidental spread in the environment, several barriers were devised to set up an ephemeral defence system.

This project was awarded a gold medal and the prize for "Best measurement approach" at the IGEM 2014 international competition, in which 245 teams competed. The gold medal and the prize put the Toulouse team in the group of the 20 best teams in the world for this synthetic biology competition.

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Modification date : 07 June 2023 | Publication date : 14 November 2014 | Redactor : GE