When work began on sequencing the human genome several years ago, it ignited global interest in biotechnology. To help make Taiwan competitive, Lee brought Wong back to Taiwan to run Academia Sinica's Genomics Research Center.
幾年前「人類基因定序」工程展開，全世界興起生物科技熱潮，為因應國際競爭，李遠哲將翁啟惠延攬請回國擔任中研院基因體中心主任。