Ajantha Rhodes
(03) 8344 3611 | ajantha.solomon@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Laboratory Manager
- Theme(s):
- HIV
- Unit(s):
- The University of Melbourne
- Lab Group(s):
- Lewin Group
Ajantha Rhodes is the laboratory manager in Professor Sharon Lewin and Associate Professor Paul Cameron’s laboratory. She has supervised honour students and trained staff in tissue culture and PCR based techniques. Ajantha managers the virology core in the Clinical lab. The aim of the Clinical lab is to provide lab support and study management for clinical studies at the Doherty Institute with a strong focus on HIV cure. She is involved with the development of validation of assay that will be used to characterise and measure the HIV reservoir. As a laboratory manger she provides general support to ensure the laboratory is running smoothly and efficiently.
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Research Groups
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Lewin Group
The main focus of the Lewin group is to understand why HIV infection persists on antiretroviral therapy, to develop new strategies to eliminate latency and to define the biological determinants of immune reconstitution and factors that drive liver disease in HIV-hepatitis B virus co-infection.
Lab Team
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Dr Jasminka SterjovskiResearch Manager
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Dr Jennifer AudsleyPost-doctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Jenny AndersonPost-doctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Vanessa EvansPost-doctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Jori SymonsPost-doctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Jennifer ZerbatoPost-doctoral Research Fellow
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Ajantha RhodesLab Manager
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Surekha TennakoonResearch Officer
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Ashanti DantanarayanaResearch Assistant
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Dr Kasha SinghPhD student
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Dr Matthew PitmanPhD student
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Youry KimPhD student
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Zuwena RichardsonPhD student
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Haoming LiuPhD Student
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Rachel PascoePhD Student
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Jared SternPhD Student
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Wei ZhaoResearch Fellow
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Socheata CheaClinical Research Support and Systems Administrator
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Carolin TumpachResearch Support Officer
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