Ajantha Rhodes
(03) 8344 3611 | [email protected]
- Position:
- Laboratory Manager
- Theme(s):
- HIV
- Unit(s):
- The University of Melbourne
- Lab Group(s):
- Lewin/Cameron 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/Cameron Group
The main focus of the Lewin-Cameron laboratory 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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Associate Professor Paul CameronJoint Lab head
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Dr Jasminka SterjovskiResearch Manager
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Julia StoutProject 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 Renee van de SluisPost-doctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Jori SymonsPost-doctoral Research Fellow
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Dr Michael RochePost-doctoral 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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Simin RezaeiPhD student
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Dr Kasha SinghPhD student
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Talia MotaPhD student
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Dr Michelle YongPhD 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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Ashish NairCasual RA
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Haoming LiuStudent
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Wei ZhaoResearch Fellow
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Jared SternHonours Student
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