Melinda Ashcroft

Computational Microbiologist and Research Fellow in Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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I am a Computational Microbiologist and Research Fellow at Monash University.

My research interests are in Microbial Genomics, Antimicrobial Resistance, Bacterial Virulence and Pathogenesis, Bacterial evolution, Mobile Genetic Elements and DNA Methylation.

I have skills in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Python, R, NGS data analysis and Phylogenomics.

I am also passionate about teaching, mentoring and science communication.

  • Work
    • Monash University
  • Education
    • PhD at University of Queensland, Australia
    • Masters at University of Queensland, Australia