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The Choi Family\u2019s gift inspires USC Stem Cell scientists to \u201cReturn to the Beginning\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n Cristy Lytal<\/span>\n \n June 15, 2016<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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From left, philanthropists Kin-Chung and Amy Choi with Andy McMahon, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC (Photo by Steve Cohn)<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n \n\n<\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Twenty-five years ago, philanthropists Kin-Chung and Amy Choi marked the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary by purchasing the sculpture \u201cReturn to the Beginning,\u201d by renowned Taiwanese artist Yuyu Yang. Now in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary, they have donated the sculpture to grace the lobby of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC<\/a>.
\n\u201cWith the establishment of USC Stem Cell, I am inspired by your goal to reduce patient suffering and enhance quality of life,\u201d said Kin-Chung Choi. \u201cAmy and I would like to pass along this beautiful sculpture to USC Stem Cell in hopes that it inspires creativity in your medical pursuits.\u201d
\n<\/span>At a dinner reception on June 10, USC\u2019s stem cell research center director Andy McMahon<\/a> welcomed friends, family and faculty and thanked the Chois for their leadership in supporting stem cell research and many other transformative endeavors at USC.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s very special that the Choi family would celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary by coming and visiting the center and donating a beautiful piece of art,\u201d said McMahon. \u201cI\u2019m exceptionally grateful to the Choi Family for all the support that they\u2019ve given to this center that\u2019s been truly transformative since I came here four years ago.\u201d
\nIn 2014, the Choi family gave a generous gift to establish the Choi Family Therapeutic Screening Facility, which enables investigators from USC and beyond to improve their understanding of diseases and to accelerate the discovery of potential therapeutic drugs. During the dinner reception, Justin Ichida<\/a>, director of the Choi Family Therapeutic Screening Facility, shared how the facility has already identified drug leads for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, and brought significant new funding to USC though an academic-pharmaceutical company partnership between the Ichida laboratory and Sanofi.
\nMore recently, the Choi family made visionary gifts to support the research and education mission of USC\u2019s stem cell research center, and to bring the 2019 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Conference to Los Angeles. The family has also commissioned a new art work to be displayed in USC\u2019s stem cell research center.
\nQi-Long Ying<\/a>\u2014associate professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine<\/a>, and cell and neurobiology\u2014focused his remarks on Yuyu Yang\u2019s stunning sculpture, which the artist described as a \u201cnewborn phoenix or as a swirling stream of light and air particles at the very beginning of the universe.\u201d Ying observed how both the sculpture and stem cells represent a \u201cReturn to the Beginning,\u201d and how art can inspire scientific creativity.
\nBefore unveiling the sculpture, Kin-Chung Choi described his motivation for giving it a new home in USC\u2019s stem cell research center: \u201cOne thing that Professor Qi-Long Ying said that was very inspiring was that science and philosophy are very similar. Professor Andy McMahon said that stem cells look very artistic, very pretty, very colorful\u2014like art, almost. It\u2019s very admirable: these scientists not only know about science; they also appreciate science, art and philosophy. And so I\u2019m very happy to have this opportunity to donate this sculpture to the stem cell center. If you ever need a break or run into a roadblock, hopefully you can come down here and feel the qi of the sculpture, and it will give you a little inspiration for your research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[140,436],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-impact-stories","tag-usc-stem-cell"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Choi Family\u2019s gift inspires USC Stem Cell scientists to \u201cReturn to the Beginning\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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