Dr. Zacharias Suntres, PhD
Professor, Medical Sciences Division
Lakehead University Campus
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 5E1
Phone: 807-766-7395
Fax: 807-766-7362
Email: zsuntres@nosm.ca
Education and Professional Roles
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
Assistant Dean– UME Phase 1 (pre-clerkship), NOSM U
Chair, Student Assessment and Promotions Committee
1992-2004: Defence Scientist, Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
1990-1992: NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow, Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
1985-1990: Doctor of Philosophy Degree; PhD in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA
1981-1985: B.Sc., Degree in Pharmacology and Physiology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Western Ontario
Research Interest
My research focuses on oxidative stress mechanisms in tissue injury and the development of liposomal/nanocarrier-based antioxidant and antimicrobial therapies, with particular emphasis on pulmonary infection/inflammation and natural product bioactives.
At the present time, there are no opportunities for training
Selected Publications
Mohammadi, M., Bagheri, L., Badreldin, A., Fatehi, P., Pakzad, L., Suntres, Z., van Wijnen, A.J. Biological Effects of Gyrophoric Acid and Other Lichen Derived Metabolites, on Cell Proliferation, Apoptosis and Cell Signaling pathways.
Chem Biol Interact. 2022 Jan 5;351:109768. doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2021.109768. Epub 2021 Dec 3. PMID: 34864007; PMCID: PMC8808380.
Türck, P., Nemec-Bakk, A., Talwar, T., Suntres, Z., Belló-Klein, A., da Rosa Araujo, A.S., Khaper, N. Blueberry extract attenuates norepinephrine-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in H9c2 cardiac cells.
Mol Cell Biochem. 2022 Mar;477(3):663-672. doi: 10.1007/s11010-021-04313-z. Epub 2022 Jan 6. PMID: 34988854
Kachur, K and Suntres, Z. The antibacterial properties of phenolic isomers, carvacrol and thymol. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 16:1-12 2019.
Suntres, Z.E., Exploring the potential benefit of natural product extracts in paraquat toxicity. Fitoterapia, 131:160-167, 2018.
Suntres, Z.E., Coccimiglio, J., and Alipour, M. The bioactivity and toxicological actions of carvacrol. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 55(3):304-318, 2015.