Team size
27 members
Track
Conservation
Section
Undergraduate
Competed as
Toronto
Full writeup
The 2022 wiki
01From the iGEM Video Universe
Watch
Project Promotion
On Site Diagnostic Tool for Oak Wilt Disease using LAMP — Project Promotion
02What happened
The year
Oak wilt, caused by the fungus Bretziella fagacearum, kills oaks faster than foresters can identify which trees are infected. The team built an on-site diagnostic using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, which needs no thermocycler and can run in the field. Presented at the Giant Jamboree in Paris alongside 346 teams from 45 countries; nominated for Best Conservation Project.
03Results
Awards
- •Best Conservation Project — nominee
