21 videos
Scentinel: Fragrance for Empowerment
Scentinel is an innovative project that harnesses synthetic biology to produce aromatic compounds aimed at improving the lives of visually impaired women. The name "Scentinel" combines "scent" and "sentinel," symbolizing how our fragrance-based so...
FAFU-CHINA: A Microbial Fragrance Factory--A Tale of Two Yeasts (2021) - Project Promotion [English]
Title: A Microbial Fragrance Factory--A Tale of Two Yeasts
Description: This year we created a sachets that automatically change their scent, in which two yeasts work to produce different aromas at different times.
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KEYSTONE: B.B.Bin (Beach Bacteria Bin) (2020) - Team Presentation [English]
Title: B.B.Bin
Abstract: The aim of our project is to address PET plastic recycling coverage flaws as well as improving the tourists' experiences through fragrance in natural tourist areas. It will incorporate elements that will educate t...
BIT-China: Lights Control Intermixing Terpenoid (2023) - Project Promotion [English]
Title: Lights Control Intermixing Terpenoid
Description: Sandalwood and ambergris stand out for their captivating fragrances, limited availability, and the intricate collection process even with modern chemical methods. Instead of relying...
Toulouse_INSA-UPS: Elixio, a synthetic microbial consortium for sustainable viol... (2021) - Team Presentation [English]
Title: Elixio, a synthetic microbial consortium for sustainable violet fragrances
Description: Perfumes influence perception in our daily life. Behind flowers and chic clich s, perfume reality is not so glamorous as most are issued from non-sustainable processes. This is especially true for scents impossible to extract from the so-called mute flowers like the violet. Our Elixio project aims to demonstrate that valuable fragrances could be easily recreated using synthetic biology, even by a small team of students. We designed a synthetic consortium involving engineered cyanobacterium and yeast and allowing a sustainable production of the violet scent molecules from atmospheric CO2. Over the summer, we successfully engineered both strains to conditionally express all the enzymes necessary to recreate the violet fragrance. Moreover, we demonstrated the production of ionones by our yeast which actually smells like violet! The Elixio project has already drawn attention from the industry and we are definitely proud of the new openings created between iGEM and the world of perfume.