President Wu Ta-You (left) and Academician Cheng-Wen Wu (second from left) Together Celebrated the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Research Building in 1991

President Wu Ta-You (left) and Academician Cheng-Wen Wu (second from left) Together Celebrated the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Research Building in 1991

Mr. Cheng-Wen Wu (second from left) is the first biologist to discover that key enzymes and transcription factors involved in gene expression contain intrinsic zinc. Along with his wife, Ying-Xue Wu Chen (right), he returned to Taiwan to contribute his expertise and organized a stable research team for the Institute of Biomedical Sciences. The photo shows the couple celebrating at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences research building with President Wu Ta-You (left) in 1991.

Source:Pursuing Excellence-History Website of Academia Sinica