Scripps Research Institute held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Chi-Huey Wong Laboratory for Biomedical Research on October 23, 2024. (Pictured left to right: businessman and philanthropist Chung-Yao Yin; Professor Chi-Huey Wong, PhD; and President and CEO Peter Schultz, PhD.)
Scripps Research Institute held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Chi-Huey Wong Laboratory for Biomedical Research on October 23, 2024. (Pictured left to right: businessman and philanthropist Chung-Yao Yin; Professor Chi-Huey Wong, PhD; and President and CEO Peter Schultz, PhD.). Credit: Scripps Research

Scripps Research leadership, philanthropists and scientists celebrated the recent dedication of the new Chi-Huey Wong Laboratories for Biomedical Research on October 23, 2024, with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception.

While the 83,000-square-foot building officially opened to its faculty and staff in August 2024, the event gave attendees a chance to tour the facility and learn more about the life-changing science that will be housed in the space. Attendees engaged with laboratory scientists and leadership, toured the building, and networked over lunch during the event.

Philanthropic support from several donors made this exciting addition to Scripps Research’s award-winning Hazen campus possible. Notably, Samuel Yin, Taiwanese businessman, prominent philanthropist and creator of the Tang Prize, provided generous seed funding to construct the new facility. His son, Chung-Yao Yin, attended the event and delivered remarks on his father’s behalf. Professor Chi-Huey Wong, the building’s namesake, also attended, as well as Scripps Research supporter Jim Zolin, who named the building’s first-floor conference room.

The state-of-the-art Chi-Huey Wong Laboratories is one of the largest facilities built by the institute and marks a significant milestone in Scripps Research’s efforts to enable interdisciplinary collaborations across chemical and life sciences. It has also helped free up lab space across the campus for incoming faculty members.

The lab houses four collaborative research programs focusing on a variety of disciplines for drug discovery, led by principal investigators including:

  • Philip Dawson, PhD; Jeffery Kelly, PhD, Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor of Chemistry; and Marco Mravic, PhD.
  • Stuart Lipton, MD, PhD, Step Family Foundation Endowed Chair; Edward Roberts, PhD; and Hugh Rosen, MD, PhD, Pearson Family Chair and Chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
  • Chi-Huey Wong, PhD, Scripps Family Chair Professor; Yuzhong Liu, PhD; and Christian Diercks, PhD.
  • President and CEO Peter Schultz, PhD, L.S. “Sam” Skaggs Presidential Chair; Michael Bollong, PhD, Early Career Endowed Roon Chair for Cardiovascular Research; and Meng Zhang, PhD.