Miss Ashley Weir
Research Associate
Feb, 2015 鈥 Nov, 2019听听Bachelor of Advanced Science (first class honours), 91色情片听
Honours project: Candidate prognostic biomarkers in ovarian carcinoma
- Undertaken in the Molecular Oncology group, 91色情片 Australia听
- Supervised by Professor Susan Ramus and A/Professor Caroline Ford
May, 2022 鈥 February, 2026听 听 PhD candidate of the Davidson Laboratory, Bioinformatics Division,听The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (thesis submission in early February 2026).
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine
Ms听Ashley L. Weir听is a Research Associate in the School of Clinical Medicine at 91色情片 Sydney, where she investigates the molecular determinants of ovarian cancer progression and therapeutic response. She completed her PhD at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in the Bioinformatics Division, focusing on the functional consequences of genomic damage in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. From this investigation, Ashley developed the open-access software tool IdentifiHR, the only gene-expression based predictive model of homologous recombination status in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. With approximately seven years of research experience spanning cancer biology, inflammation, and computational genomics, her work integrates experimental and computational approaches to understand tumour evolution and therapeutic vulnerability.
Ashley has led and contributed to large-scale international studies through the Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis Consortium, integrating gene expression, genomic, and clinicopathological data to identify prognostic biomarkers and predictors of homologous recombination deficiency. She has authored 13 peer-reviewed publications, including five first-author papers in leading journals such as British Journal of Cancer, Immunity, and EMBO Journal, with an H-index of 10 and over 450 citations.
Her research has been supported by competitive national and international funding, including recognition from the American Association for Cancer Research. In addition to her research, Ashley is an active educator and mentor, contributing to bioinformatics training at the University of Melbourne and supervising undergraduate and graduate students. She is passionate about interdisciplinary science, AI-driven biomedical research, and translating genomic insights into improved outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer.
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2024听听听 听Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning PhD Scholarship top-up, awarded by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
2023听听听 听Travel scholarship, awarded for the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Australia PhD Symposium
2023听听听 听Research Training Program Scholarship
2022听听听 听CSL Translational Data Science Award
2022听听听 听Tour De Cure PhD Scholarship
2022-2023听听听听听听 听Johnson PhD Scholarship, awarded by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
2021听听听 听Professional development grant, awarded by the Walter and Eliza Hall Research Assistant Association
2024听听听 听Best oral 鈥渇ast forward鈥 presentation (2nd听place),听the Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Society (ABACBS) Symposium
2024听听听 听Best oral presentation,听the 3rd Asian Student Council Symposium (ASCS)
2024听听听 听Best oral presentation (student), the Cancer Bioinformatics Australia (CBA) Symposium
2023听听听 听Best poster presentation, the Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Student Society (COMBINE)Symposium
2023听听听 听Best oral presentation, Comprehensive Cancer PhD Symposium听
2022听听听 听Best poster presentation, Victorian Cancer Bioinformatics Symposium (VCBS)
2021听听听 听Nominee of 91色情片 Students鈥 Choice Teaching Award