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A/Prof. Peter Lewis

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 7
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 2.6

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced Proposed
Completion
Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Isolation, Purification and Crystallisation of the Major Proteins Involved in the Later Stages of Prokaryotic Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division
2013 2017 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Replication Fork Stalling and Recovery in Escherichia Coli
2012 2016 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Bacterial Transcription Factors NusB, NusE ATFA and p as Targets for Antibiotic Research
2012 2016 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Genetic Tools for the Quantitative Assessment of Gene Depletion in Pathogenic Bacteria
2010 2014 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Structural Characterisation of Bacterial Protein Factors That Bind RNA Polymerase
2008 2012 PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Genetic Regulation of Embryo Development and Formation of Seed Storage Products in the Legume Model Medicago truncatula
2006 2009 PHD Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Structural analysis of RNA polymerase

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Investigation of the Transcription Complex in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 and the Identification of the Novel Small Acidic Transcription Factor AtfA
2012 PhD (Biological Sciences) Sole Supervisor The Characterisation of the Interaction between PcrA and RNA Polymerase
2011 PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor The RNA Polymerase-Q Interaction as a Target for Potential Novel Antimicrobials
2010 PhD (Biological Sciences) Sole Supervisor The Structure of Bacterial RNA Polymerase in Complex With the Essential Transcription Elongation Factor NusA
2008 PhD (Biological Sciences) Sole Supervisor The Composition of Transcription Complexes in Bacillus Subtilis
2007 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Interaction of C-terminus of PcrA with the B subunit of RNA polymerase
2007 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Characterisation of the interaction between PcrA and the B-subunit of RNA polymerase
2006 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Interaction of transcription factors NusB and NusE in Bacillus subtilis
2006 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Characterisation of the interaction between PcrA and the beta subunit of RNA polymerase
2006 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor The design and testing of inhibitors of interactions between essential transcription factors and RNA polymerase
2005 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Development of an engineered Bacillus subtilis strain for the detection of bioavailable environmental toxicants
2004 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Interactions between RNA polymerase and transcription factors: An integrated approach
2004 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Analysis of translation initiation factors in Bacillus subtilis
2004 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Analysis of translation elongation factors EF-Tu and EF-G in Bacillus subtilis
2004 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Subcellular localisation of the transcription elongation factors NusB, NusG and GreA in Bacillus subtilis
2002 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Subcellular localisation of tranlsation factors in Bacillus subtilis
2002 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Subcellular localisation of NusA in Bacillus subtilis
2002 Honours Microbiology
University of Newcastle
Sole Supervisor Subcellular localisation of ATP synthase in Bacillus subtilis