The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Assoc Prof Peter Lewis
School: School of Environmental and Life Science
Commenced with Institution: 03-JUL-2000
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Laureate Pr Robert Aitken;Assoc. Prof Adam McCluskey;Dr Mark Baker;Dr Nicole Verrills;Assoc. Prof Marcel Maeder;Dr Xiaojing Zhou;Assoc. Prof Eileen McLaughlin;Dr Brett Nixon;Dr Shaun Roman;Professor Raymond Rose;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Professor Christopher Grof;Professor Roger Smith;Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson;Professor Alison Jones;Professor Michael Calford;Professor Keith Jones;Dr Rick Thorne;Professor Peter Dunkley;Professor Paul Foster;Professor Leonie Ashman;Professor Gordon Burns;Assoc. Prof Phillip Dickson;Professor John Rostas;Professor Rodney Scott;Dr Paul Tooney;Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro;Assoc. Prof Pablo Moscato;Professor Paul Dastoor;Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 1 Australian Research Council Equipment/Infrastructure - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry   495000  
Dr Robyn Malby;Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2008 1 University of Newcastle Project - Pilot Grant Structural Analysis of Bacterial Transcription Proteins by X-ray Crystallography   14600  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Dr Robyn Malby 2008 1 Australian Research Council Equipment/Infrastructure - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) (Shared) X-ray crystallography resource for membrane proteins and large macromolecular complexes   93000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2007 1 National Health & Medical Research Council Equipment/Infrastructure - Equipment Grant Hamamatsu ORCA-AG cooled CCD camera   12000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2007 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 4th Conference on Functional Genomics of Gram-Positive Microorganisms, Green Park Resort, Tirrenia, Italy, 24/6/2007 - 28/6/2007   2500  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2007 3 Department of Education, Science and Training Project - International Science Linkages Programme - Competitive Grants Towards an understanding of dynamic transcriptional regulation at a global scale in bacteria: a system biology approach   110250  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Professor Nicholas Dixon;Assoc. Prof Elizabeth Harry 2007 3 National Health & Medical Research Council Project - Project Grant Nucleic Acid Synthesis and Cell Division in Model Pathogenic Bacteria   740250  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2007 1 University of Newcastle Project - Near Miss RNA POLYMERASE PROTEIN INTERACTIONS AND THE REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION   16900  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2007 3 National Health & Medical Research Council Project - Australian/European Union Health Research Grant Towards an understanding of dynamic genetic regulation at global scale in bacteria: A systems biology approach   486000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2006 1 European Commission, European Union Project - Sixth Framework Programme Towards an understanding of dynamic transcriptional regulation at global scale in bacteria: a systems biology approach. BaSysBio   1  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Conjoint A/Prof Renate Griffith;Dr Richard Lewis 2006 3 Australian Research Council Project - Discovery Projects Structural analysis and functional inactivation of bacterial transcription complexes   273000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2005 1 University of Newcastle Equipment/Infrastructure - Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) 2005 RIBG allocation   20811  
Laureate Pr Robert Aitken;Assoc. Prof Eileen McLaughlin;Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Conjoint A/Prof Renate Griffith;Professor Raymond Rose;Emeritus Pr John Patrick;Assoc. Prof David McCurdy;Assoc. Prof Adam McCluskey;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Professor Peter Dunkley;Assoc. Prof Phillip Dickson;Professor John Rostas;Professor Leonie Ashman;Professor Gordon Burns;Professor Paul Foster;Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson;Professor Roger Smith;Professor Alistair Sim;Dr Paul Tooney;Dr Fraser Ross 2005 1 Australian Research Council Equipment/Infrastructure - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) High throughput proteomics - Thermo Finnigan ProteomeX LCQ Integrated Proteomicis Workstation   207189  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Conjoint A/Prof Renate Griffith 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Structural Analysis and Functional Inactivation of Bacillus Subtilis RNA Polymerase   13000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Development of genetically engineered systems to monitor the bioavailability of pollutants in soil and water samples   8000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Dr Richard Lewis;Assoc. Prof Alasdair McDowall 2005 3 Australian Research Council Travel - Linkage International Award Structural analysis of bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase elongation complexes   25064  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2004 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant ASM 2004 Sydney, 26 Sept - 1 Oct 2004   450  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Conjoint A/Prof Renate Griffith 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Investigation of transcript factor interaction with RNA polymerase in Bacillus subtilis   6000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2004 3 Australian Research Council Project - Discovery Projects In vivo studies on the regulation of transcription and translation in Bacillus subtilis   210000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2003 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant International Conference of Functional Genomics of Gram-positive Microorganisms, Baveno, Italy 22-28 June, 2003   2400  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Conjoint A/Prof Renate Griffith 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Protein-protein interactions in Bacillus subtilis.   8500  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2002 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Prokaryotic Development Canada, 10-14 July, 2002   2400  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis;Conjoint A/Prof Renate Griffith 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Investigation of Protein-Protein Interactions in Bacillus subtillis   10000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Subcellular localisation of translation factors in Bacillus subtillis   5000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2001 3 Australian Research Council Project - Large Grant Characterisation of transcription foci, their role in chromosome segregation, and the localisation of transcription and translation factors in Bacillus subtilis   211350  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2001 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant ComBio 2001 National Convention Centres, Canberra 1-4 October, 2001   806  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Subcellular localisation of energy generating enzymes in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.   12000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Lewis 2000 1 University of Newcastle Project - New Staff Grant High resolution microscopic studies on the internal organisation of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.   15000  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Characterize the role of RNA regulatory elements in the formation of transcription elongation complexes
PhD (Biological Sciences) Sole Supervisor Characterisation of the interaction between PcrA and RNA polymerase
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Design and testing of anti-RNA polymerase compounds

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
PhD 2.600

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2008 The Composition of Transcription Complexes in Bacillus Subtilis

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Meredith Donna Hope, Plank Maximilian Walter, Lewis Peter John, ’Different patterns of integral membrane protein localization during cell division in Bacillus subtilis’, Microbiology, 154 64-71 (2008) [C1]

Marles-Wright Jon, Grant Tim, Delumeau Olivier, Van Duinen Gijs, Firbank Susan J, Lewis Peter John, Murray James W, Newman Joseph A, Quin Maureen B, Race Paul R, Rohou Alexis, Tichelaar Willem, Van Heel Marin, Lewis Richard J, ’Molecular architecture of the 'stressosome,' a signal integration and transduction hub’, Science, 322 92-96 (2008) [C1]

Yang Xiao, Lewis Peter John, ’Overproduction and purification of recombinant Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase’, Protein Expression and Purification, 59 86-93 (2008) [C1]

Yang Xiao, Doherty Geoffrey Paul, Lewis Peter John, ’Tandem affinity purification vectors for use in gram positive bacteria’, Plasmid, 59 54-62 (2008) [C1]

Lewis Peter John, Doherty Geoffrey Paul, Clarke J, ’Transcription factor dynamics’, Microbiology, 154 1837-1844 (2008) [C1]

Doherty Geoffrey Paul, Meredith Donna Hope, Lewis Peter John, ’Subcellular partitioning of transcription factors in Bacillus subtilis’, Journal of Bacteriology, 188 4101-4110 (2006) [C1]

MacDougall Iain James Ashford, Lewis Peter John, Griffith Renate, ’Homology modelling of RNA polymerase and associated transcription factors from Bacillus subtilis’, Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling, 23 297-303 (2005) [C1]

Davies Karen Maree, Dedman Amy J, Van Horck Stephanie Hilda, Lewis Peter John, ’The NusA : RNA polymerase ratio is increased at sites of rRNA synthesis in Bacillus subtilis’, Molecular Microbiology, 57 366-379 (2005) [C1]

Lewis Peter John, ’Bacterial subcellular architecture: recent advances and future prospects’, Molecular Microbiology, 54 1135-1150 (2004) [C1]

Johnson A S, Van Horck Stephanie Hilda, Lewis Peter John, ’Dynamic localization of membrance proteins in Bacillus subtilis’, Microbiology, 150 2815-2824 (2004) [C1]

Migocki Margaret D, Lewis Peter John, Wake R Gerry, Harry Elizabeth J, ’The midcell replication factory in Bacillus subtilis is highly mobile: implications for coordinating chromosome replication with other cell cycle events’, Molecular Microbiology, 54 452-463 (2004) [C1]

Harry Elizabeth J, Lewis Peter John, ’Early targeting of Min proteins to the cell poles in germinated spores of Bacillus subtilis: evidence for division apparatus-independent recruitment of Min proteins to the division site’, Molecular Microbiology, 47 37-48 (2003) [C1]

Davies Karen Maree, Lewis Peter John, ’Localization of rRNA Synthesis in Bacillus subtilis: Characterization of Loci Involved in Transcription Focus Formation’, Journal of Bacteriology, 185 2346-2353 (2003) [C1]

Lewis Peter John, ’Bacterial chromosome segregation’, Microbiology, 147 519-526 (2001) [C1]

Feucht A, Lewis Peter John, ’Improved plasmid vectors for the production of multiple fluorescent protein fusions in Bacillus subtilis’, Gene, 264 289-297 (2001) [C1]

Chapter in Book

Lewis Peter John, ’Subcellular organisation in bacteria’, Bacterial Physiology: A Molecular Approach, Springer, Berlin, 1-42 (2008) [B1]

Lewis Peter John, ’The organization of transcription and translation’, Bacillus: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, U.K., 135-166 (2007) [B1]

Conference Publication

Lewis Peter John, ’Subcellular localization of transcription factors’, Society for General Microbiology Spring Meeting Abstracts, Edinburgh, Scotland (2008) [E3]

Harriott Kate, Lewis Peter John, ’Characterisation of the interaction between PcrA and the b sub-unit of RNA polymerase’, BacPath 9 : The Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens. Abstracts, Lorne, VIC (2007) [E3]

Lewis Peter John, Meredith Donna Hope, Plank Maximilian Walter, ’Selective removal of integral membrane proteins from the mid-cell site at the onset of cell division’, 4th Conference on Functional Genomics of Gram-Positive Microorganisms. Abstracts, Tirrenia, Pisa, Italy (2007) [E3]

Yang Xiao, Lewis Peter John, ’Structure of transcription factor NUSA-RNA polymerase complex’, ASM 2007 Adelaide Program and Abstracts Book, Adelaide, SA (2007) [E3]

Johnston Elecia Brooke, Griffith Renate, Lewis Peter John, ’The design and testing of inhibitors of interactions between essential transcription factors and RNA polymerase’, BacPath 9 : The Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens. Abstracts, Lorne, VIC (2007) [E3]

Johnston Elecia Brooke, Griffith Renate, Lewis Peter John, ’The design and testing of inhibitors of interactions between essential transcription factors and RNA polymerase’, 32nd Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function. Abstracts, Lorne, Vic (2007) [E3]

Lewis Peter John, Doherty Geoffrey Paul, Meredith Donna Hope, ’Transcription factor dynamics’, ASM 2007 Adelaide Program and Abstracts Book, Adelaide, SA (2007) [E3]

Doherty Geoffrey Paul, Meredith Donna Hope, Lewis Peter John, ’Composition of Transcription complexes in Bacillus subtilis’, ASM 2004 Sydney National Conference, Sydney, Australia (2004) [E3]

Martin Shelagh, MacDougall Iain James Ashford, Griffith Renate, Lewis Peter John, ’Investigation of the interactions between transcription factor NusA with RNA polymerase in Bacillus subtilis’, ASM 2004 Sydney National Conference, Sydney, Australia (2004) [E3]

Migocki Margaret D, Lewis Peter John, Wake Gerry, Harry Elizabeth, ’Is chromosome replication involved in the spatial regulation of midcell division in Bacillus subtilis?’, ASM 2004 Sydney National Conference, Sydney, Australia (2004) [E3]

MacDougall Iain James Ashford, Lewis Peter John, Griffith Renate, ’Molecular modelling of the RNA polymerase complex in Bacillus subtilis’, MM2004: 9th Molecular Modelling Workshop, Sydney, Australia (2004) [E3]

Lewis Peter John, ’Subcellular organization of transcription in bacteria’, ASM 2004 Sydney National Conference, Sydney, Australia (2004) [E3]

Davies Karen Maree, Dedman A, Walsh A K, Van Horck Stephanie Hilda, Lewis Peter John, ’The bacterial transcription factor NusA is preferentially recruited to sites of rRNA synthesis: Direct evidence for differential RNAP elongation complex formation in vivo’, Functional Genomics of Gram-positive Microorganisms 12th International Conference on Bacilli, Baveno, Italy (2003) [E3]

Lewis Peter John, Davies Karen Maree, ’Analysis of transcription foci in bacillus subtilis’, American Society for Microbiology - ASM Conference: Prokaryotic Development, Quebec, CANADA (2002) [E3]

Lewis Peter John, Harry Ej, ’Cellular targeting of proteins involved in positioning the division site in bacteria’, Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sydney, NSW (2002) [E3]

Lewis Peter John, ’Compartmentalisation of transcription and translation in bacteria’, Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Incorp - Combio 2001, Canberra ACT (2001) [E3]

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