The Penn Epigenetics Institute congratulates Glennis Logsdon, PhD, on being named a 2025 Searle Scholar! The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment. Dr. Logsdon, who opened her lab at Penn in January 2024, was awarded for her project, Breaking ground in centromeres: charting the landscape of newly uncovered regions of the human genome.

About the Searle Scholars Program: The program supports high risk, high reward research across a broad range of scientific disciplines. Grants are $300,000 for a three-year term with $100,000 payable each year of the grant. The Searle Scholars Program is funded through the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust and administered by Kinship Foundation. For more information, please visit searlescholars.org.