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DrRasika Samarasinghe

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Genomics

Medical Biotechnology

Immunology

Nanomedicine

Pharmacology

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HMM102: Principles of Gene and Genomic Technology, Unit Chair: 2018- current
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HMM103: Cell Technology, Unit chair: 2018 - curent
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Guest lecturer:
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HMM101: Introduction to Medical Biotechnology
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HMM202: Molecular Diagnostics
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HMM302: Innovation in Medical Biotechnology
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HMM301: Priciples of Pharmacology
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HBS400: Research Methods
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Programmed Microenvironments for Muscle Engineering and Repair
    Peiqi Yang - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Aptamers: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Treating Brain Cancers
    Breanna Lee Giles - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Identifying targetable epigenetic markers in childhood osteosarcoma
    Demagi Kalmalee Herath Ariya Subasinghe Mudiyanselage - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigation of the synergistic effects of nanoparticles on radiotherapy
    Mahima Yadav - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Deciphering the role of miRNA cluster miR-127/136 in cervical cancer
    Roopal Behera - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Identification of cancer-specific biomarkers for breast and ovarian cancers by analyzing multi-omics data through computational systems biology
    Pratyusha Naresh - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Genetic Code Expansion of Self Assembling Proteins for Neural Regeneration
    Maruthu Pandian Ayyanar - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Targeting Microenvironment-Driven Plasticity in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Using Human Brainstem Organoid Models
    Mega Parajuli - School of Medicine
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Bipolar Disorder, Associated Treatments and Bone Health
    Vinoomika Chandrasekaran - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Serotonin and Bone Metabolism
    Jasmine Cleminson - School of Medicine - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Theranostic Applications of Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles for Colorectal Cancer
    Naznin Akhtar - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating Cancer Progression and Targeted Therapeutics in High Grade Paediatric Astrocytoma
    Dona Ann Johns - School of Medicine - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Targeting iron overload: A potential approach towards glioblastoma therapy
    Tulika Basak - School of Medicine - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Anatomical and Functional Characterisation of Relaxin Family Peptide 3 Receptor
    Izel Eraslan - School of Medicine - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Antipsychotic-Induced Dysregulation of Bone Homeostasis: Insights Into Underlying Mechanisms
    Dona Kavindi Madushani Weerasinghe - School of Medicine - 2024
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Natural therapeutics coupled with nanotechnology, advancing Glioblastoma Multiforme treatment efficacy.
    Jake Erich William Mazur - School of Medicine - 2022
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Development of an Aptamer-based Drug Delivery System into the Brain
    Bakhtiar Affendi Bin Bukari - School of Medicine - 2024