Tyler Huycke, a developmental biologist at the University of Michigan, is among 15 scientists nationwide to be recognized by the Searle Scholars Program for innovative research across chemistry and the biomedical sciences.
Launched in 1981, the program supports early-career faculty from U.S. universities and research centers who are engaged in “high risk, high reward research,” which may then spur next-generation technologies that reveal biological function.
Huycke will receive $450,000 in flexible funding over the next three years to support his research, which explores the development of organs at the cellular level to better understand and combat diseases that cause the process to break down.
“It’s a really exciting and meaningful award to receive as a new investigator,” said Huycke, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology in LSA. “Foundation awards like the Searle Scholars Program are really critical for junior faculty because they help bridge funding and empower research that follows the science, which, in my opinion, is how the best quality research gets done. It also helps in this transition state, when I’m building my own lab, testing out new directions, and establishing myself in my field.”
In addition to the Searle Scholar Award, Huycke recently won the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, a $5,000 grant from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. That award, which will be matched by U-M, will serve as seed money for Huycke as he continues to establish his lab at the university.
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