Contact

Email

david.ascher@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Education
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
The University of Queensland
Bachelors Degree
Adelaide University
ORCID

0000-0003-2948-2413

Prof David Ascher

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
235 Scholarly works
6 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    A reproducible nine-step protocol for fine-tuning large language models on heterogeneous bioinformatics knowledge sources
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ailsci.2026.100179
  • 2026

    Journal article

    mCSM-metal: A Deep Learning Resource to Predict Effect of Mutations on Metal Ion Binding
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2026.169678
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and the association with penicillin-binding protein mutations: a population genotypic and phenotypic study
    DOI: 10.1128/aac.00137-26
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Using Protein Structure to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
  • 2020

    Internal Research Grant

    Structure Guided Mapping of Protein Interactions and Their Perturbation
  • 2019

    Research grants (other domestic)

    ACRF Facility for Innovative Cancer Drug Discovery
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Frequent transmission of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage and positive selection for the EsxW Beijing variant in Vietnam
    DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0117-9
David Ascher

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Structure Guided Mapping of Protein Interactions and Their Perturbation