Bed bug infestations are increasing every year both in Marseille and all over the world. The origin of our breaking bugs project was this increase in infections and awareness. We wanted to help our local community as well as the whole world. We engaged in a dialog with the local community by going to as many fairs and gatherings as possible, with three main messages to deliver:

     What is iGEM?

     What are bed bugs and how to prevent infestations?

     Engaging the public in the breaking bugs project.

Science Fair

Science festival

Social housing convention

Biotechnology forum

European researchers night

communication, news and radio

After our commitment through various events in Marseille, we wanted to extend our communication. For that, we have to contact the local press, the radio as well as the television channel France 3. After various interviews about our project and the competition, we had several articles that appeared in various newspapers known in our region as the 20 minutes or La Provence. Regarding television and radio, we had the chance to explain our project to the cameras of the France 3 Television team and to switch to Radio Grenouille.