Dr Peter Zalewski , PhD

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Higher Degree students
Ms Lata Jayaram - PhD
Dr Dion Grosser - PhD
Mr Eugene Roscioli - PhD
Ms Razinah Sharif - PhD
Mr Joshua Hallett - Honours

Current Funded Research
2004-2006 NH&MRC Zalewski PD (time commitment 40%), Ruffin RER, Knight D. “Role of zinc in the respiratory epithelium and asthma”, $73,500 pa. 

2008-2010 NH&MRC Zalewski PD (time commitment 40%), Ruffin RER, Murgia C. “Airway Epithelial IAPs and their interaction with Zn ions”, $75,500 pa.

Most recent publications
66. Ho LH, Ruffin RE, Murgia C, Li L, Krilis SA, Zalewski PD. 2004. Labile zinc and zinc transporter ZnT4 in mast cell granules: Role in regulation of caspase activation and NF-kB translocation J Immunol  172, 7750-60.

67. Milton AG, Zalewski PD, Ratnaike RN. 2004. Zinc protects against arsenic-induced apoptosis in a neuronal cell line, measured by DEVD-caspase activity. Biometals 17, 707-13.

68. Tudor, R., Zalewski PD, Ratnaike RN. 2005. Zinc in health and chronic disease. J Nutrition, Health and Aging.  9, 45-51

69. Zalewski PD, Truong-Tran AQ, Grosser D, Jayaram L, Murgia C and Ruffin RE 2005. Zinc Metabolism in Airway Epithelium and Airway Inflammation: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Targets. A Review. Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Feb;105(2):127-49.

70. Murgia C, Lang C,  Truong-Tran AQ, Grosser D, Jayaram L, Ruffin RE, Perozzi G,  Zalewski PD. 2006 Zinc and its Specific Transporters as Potential Targets in Airway Disease” Current Drug Targets  7: 607-628

71. Zalewski PD, Truong-Tran AQ, Lincoln S, Ward D, Shankar A, Coyle P, Jayaram L, Copley A, Grosser D, Murgia C, Lang C and Ruffin RE 2006.Use of a Zinc Fluorophore to Measure labile Pools of Zinc in Body Fluids and  Cell-Conditioned Media. Biotechniques Volume 40, Number 4: pp 509-520

72. Zalewski PD 2006. Zinc Metabolism in the Airway: Basic Mechanisms and Drug Targets Current Opinions in Pharmacol 2006 Jun;6(3):237-43

73. Lang CJ, Murgia C, Leong M, Tan LW, Perozzi G, Knight D, Ruffin RE, Zalewski PD  (2007) Anti-inflammatory effects of zinc and alterations in zinc transporter mRNA in mouse models of allergic inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 292, L577-84.