{"id":2283,"date":"2022-09-29T13:57:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/insights\/actualites\/actualite\/igem-2022-twb-supports-toulouse-team\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:40:05","slug":"igem-2022-twb-supports-toulouse-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/en\/insights\/blog\/news\/igem-2022-twb-supports-toulouse-team\/","title":{"rendered":"iGEM 2022 : TWB supports Toulouse team"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>TWB supports the DAISY project, driven by a team of students from INSA Toulouse and the University Paul Sabatier, which will be presented at iGem 2022 \u2013 Grand Jamboree : an international contest of synthetic biology, which will take place at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. The students will present a new method of allergies detection and treatment.<\/strong>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/09\/igem_daisy-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14247 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/09\/igem_daisy-1024x768-4.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9quipe toulousaine du projet DAISY\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\"><\/a>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About DAISY<\/h2>\n\n<p>In industrialized countries, allergies represent a major public health issue as it concerns from 25 to 30% of the population. That is the reason why these students decided to work on the topic &#8211; all the more so as one of them suffers from multiple allergies.\r\n\r\nCurrently, it is only possible to test a few dozens of allergens and as the most common test is done directly on the skin, it is very unpleasant to the patient.<\/p>\n\n<strong>The DAISY method, which uses a blood sample, makes it possible to test several thousands of allergens at high-throughout, thus becoming a more precise and less restraining technique to detect allergies.<\/strong>\n\n<p>DAISY, which means<\/p>\n\n<em>Darpin-Allergen-IgE-Screening for immunotherapY, <\/em>\n\n<p>uses two strains of bacteria designed to aggregate to a class of antibodies responsible for allergies. When the bacteria are presented with a blood sample, they bind and form aggregates with the antibodies which makes them easily detectable with a microscope or even to the naked eye. Furthermore, it will be possible to use one of the two strains designed for the project to treat the allergy by desensitization with a specific treatment for each patient.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Results<\/h2>\n\n<p>During iGEM, DAISY won a gold medal and was nominated in three categories : best diagnostic project, best education and best entrepreneurship! Congratulations to Toulouse&#039;s students!<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About iGEM 2022<\/h2>\n\n<p>iGEM is an international synthetic biology competition, created by the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 2004, which became a major event in the biotechnological world. Last year, the INSA-UPS team from Toulouse won the contest with their project<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dev11.hbst.fr\/www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com\/en\/igem-toulouse-2021-team-world-champion\/\"> Elixio<\/a>\n\n<p>.\r\n\r\n7000 participants, making up 360 teams, are expected to take part in this year&#039;s 19th edition of IGEM.\u00a0 They will present innovative projects addressing current issues in different fields: food-supply, health, environment, etc. The event will take place on October 26, 27 and 28, 2022 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.\r\n\r\n[button link=&quot;https:\/\/2022.igem.wiki\/toulouse-insa-ups\/&quot; color=&quot;white&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; size=&quot;default&quot; caption=&quot;&quot;]Project DAISY[\/button]\r\n\r\n[button link=&quot;https:\/\/jamboree.igem.org\/&quot; color=&quot;white&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; size=&quot;default&quot; caption=&quot;&quot;]iGEM 2022 &#8211; Grand Jamboree[\/button]\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWB supports the DAISY project, driven by a team of students from INSA Toulouse and the University Paul Sabatier, which will be presented at iGem 2022 \u2013 Grand Jamboree : an international contest of synthetic biology, which will take place at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. 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