Borchert Lab

Congratulations to Dr. Glen Borchert for being recognized as the 2022 University of South Alabama Scholar of the Year!

Borchert Laboratory Awarded $1M NSF Grant

The Borchert Laboratory has recently identified a novel, systems-level gene regulatory control for global prokaryotic transcriptome reprogramming advancing our basic knowledge of the molecular mechanisms driving microbial adaptation and environmental response. Based on this, the National Science Foundation has awarded the Borchert Laboratory a three year, $1M grant to better establish the mechanisms driving the decision between active stress resistance and persister formation by bacteria.

*Borchert Laboratory Awarded Major 2 Year NSF Grant*

Recent work by the Borchert Laboratory suggests genes are regulated by G4:G4 interactions between enhancers and promoters. Based on this, the National Science Foundation has awarded the Borchert Laboratory a two year, $425,000 grant to better establish the role of G4 DNA structures in coordinating gene expressions.