Team:Elan Vital South Korea/t overview

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Élan vital, meaning “vital force,” Henri Bergson says explains self-organization and spontaneous morphogenesis of things in an increasingly complex manner – that is, the evolution.

Élan vital is a club of high school students interested in synthetic biology. The club was founded in January 2014, by five members from five different schools in Korea: Ye Eun Lee, senior of Bugil GLP, Ji Hoon Kim, Junior of CSIA, Soo Jung Lee, junior of HUFS, Ji Yong Hong, Junior of Sunrin Internet High School and Young Chan Kim, Sophomore of Stanford University OHS. This year, we have conducted MRSA research project, guided by Professor You-Jin Hwang of Gacheon Medical School. We are blessed to have an opportunity to learn from one of the best minds in the medical community of Korea, and to use the labs and cutting-edge equipment of the excellent medical school such as PCR Machine, Shaking Incubator, Centrifuge, and Mechanical Pipette.

This is our first year, but we have big dreams. We will be one of the best high school clubs in Korea for kids who have deep interest and talent in the synthetic biology. And, we are committed to continue participating in iGem events and activities.