Frances Separovic

Very proud and honoured to have been involved in the opening of the Pacific Academy of Sciences congress in Apia, Samoa.

Arrived in Apia for the Pacific Academy of Sciences (PAS) Congress and delighted to catch up with old fellows and new. Wonderful to see the induction of the second cohort of PAS fellows by President Lohi Matainaho.

Congratulations to the 2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social awardees whose presentations are now available at www.biophysics.org/video-librar.... These inspiring recipients showcase their incredible work and achievements in #biophysics, including our @unimelb.edu.au colleague, @lizhinde.bsky.social.

How weight-loss drugs are creating an environmental disaster Ozempic and other peptide-based drugs create 56 million kilograms of hazardous waste each year. Now, a new water-based method, developed with the University of Melbourne, aims to change that

Our colleague in #Chemistry, Prof. John Wade, wrote for Pursuit about how weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are creating an environmental disaster. pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/tak...

Towards gender equality in scientific organization: assessment and recommendations Academies of science, medicine and engineering, along with international scientific unions, play an important role in shaping scientific agendas, recognizing excellence, and advising policy-makers. In...

Towards gender equality in scientific organization: assessment and recommendations #WomenInScience www.interacademies.org/publication/... via @iapartnership.bsky.social

Stories from the scientist who changed how we visualize proteins - Nature Reviews Chemistry Ahead of her 85th birthday, Jane Richardson, Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, discussed her life in science from making her own telescope to developing the ribbon diagrams for the 3D stru...

Stories from #WomenInScience who changed how we visualize #proteins: Ahead of her 85th birthday, Jane Richardson (Duke Univ, @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social president 2012-13) discussed her life from making a telescope to developing ribbon diagrams for 3D protein structure www.nature.com/articles/s41...

See list of previous Leach Lecture awardees of #LorneProteins at www.lorneproteins.org/past-leach-l... #lorneproteins2026

To celebrate #WomenInScience day, @febspress.bsky.social invite you to look at the Women in Science Collection, a selection of articles in FEBS Press, which analyse statistics & challenges together with inspiring role models on gender diversity in #STEM febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology. She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black #WomanInScience. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wonderful to hear the 2026 #LorneProteins Leach Lecture by Dame Professor Carol Robinson, "Decoding life with mass spectrometry: A lens for biology". Pictured with previous Leach lecturers, @leanntilley.bsky.social (2022) and Frances Separovic (2024).

Wellings, Meldal, and Wade: A Big Splash in Green Peptide Chemistry By Jordan Fletcher & James Krupa February 5, 2026 The Unsustainable Status Quo For all the promise they carry, peptides come with a dirty little secret: their environmental impact is entirely unaccept...

Great progress in green #peptide synthesis made by our #chemistry colleague John Wade and co-workers. www.linkedin.com/pulse/wellin...

Abigail Mortimer’s career in glassblowing Since starting as a trainee 17 years ago, her collaborative creations have underpinned teaching and research at the University of York's chemistry department

Abigail Mortimer’s career in glassblowing: Since starting as a trainee 17 years ago, her collaborative creations have underpinned teaching and research at the @york.ac.uk University of York’s #chemistry department. www.chemistryworld.com/careers/abig...

The fight to keep science global Some nations are trying to shut the doors of international collaboration. Scientists can keep them open.

President-elect Robbert Dijkgraaf @sciencecouncil.bsky.social argues that amid rising restrictions on international research collaboration, we must defend exchange of ideas, freedom of movement for researchers & cross-border cooperation for science as a global public good
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Delighted to see this displayed in Zagreb on Australia Day this year.

Applications are now open for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in #Peptide and #Protein Science #CIPPS Summer School to be held at Heron Island, QLD, 12-19 July. See the list of faculty at cipps.org.au/summer-school Applications close 15 March 2026.

Alexandra Navrotsky: ‘I don’t think you attract people to science by big initiatives’ The nanogeoscientist on the importance of people to good science, the recent turnaround on diversity, equity and inclusion and why she will never be a professional artist

Alexandra Navrotsky: The nanogeoscientist on the importance of people to good science, the recent turnaround on diversity, equity and inclusion and why she will never be a professional artist. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/alex... #WomenInScience #chemistry

Global Women's Breakfast - IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry The goal of the GWB is to establish an active network of people to overcome the barriers to gender equality in science. Groups from all types of science organizations from high schools, to science soc...

We are excited for the upcoming @iupac.org Global Women’s Breakfast #GWB2026 events to be held on 10 February around the world 🌍 #chemistry #WomenInChemistry iupac.org/gwb/

Iupac welcomes new year in with a new president International chemistry nomenclature organisation to be headed by Mary Garson

International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (@IUPAC.org), welcomes new year in with a new president: International chemistry nomenclature organisation to be headed by @marygarson.bsky.social . #chemistry #WomenInScience www.chemistryworld.com/news/iupac-w...

Building the future of separation science Jennifer Kingston was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Technical Excellence Prize, which honours the vital role of technical staff in the chemical sciences community

Building the future of separation science: Jennifer Kingston was awarded the @rsc.org Royal Society of Chemistry’s Technical Excellence Prize, which honours the vital role of technical staff in the chemical sciences community. www.chemistryworld.com/careers/buil... #WomenInScience

The 3rd AASSA-WISE SCJ Symposium on Women in STEM This publication presents a summary of the talks from the Conference 'Women in STEM',  the 3rd AASSA-WISE SCJ Symposium, held in a hybrid format at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics ...

Available from the @iapartnership.bsky.social, a summary of the talks from the Conference 'Women in STEM', the 3rd AASSA-WISE Symposium, held in a hybrid format at the Kavli IPMU, at @utokyoofficial.bsky.social, 4-6 August 2025. #WomenInScience www.interacademies.org/publication/...

The Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Committee of AASSA and Science Council of Japan organized the 3rd AASSA-WISE Symposium, "Women in STEM", at Kavli IPMU at @utokyoofficial.bsky.social on 4-6 August 2025. The booklet can now be downloaded at aassa.asia/achievements... #WomenInScience

These women helped to shape quantum mechanics — it’s time to recognize them. An astute book redresses our collective perception of a field that became known as ‘boys’ physics’. #WomenInScience #physics www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Women in scientific organizations: 10 years of global evidence from science academies and unions - International Science Council A special webinar from the ISC, IAP and SGCES on World Science Day for Women and Girls in Science – 11 February 2026, from 2 - 4 pm UTC.

Women in scientific organizations: 10 years of global evidence from science academies & unions. Special webinar from @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @iapartnership.bsky.social & SCGES on World Science Day for Women & Girls in Science on 11 Feb, 2-4pm UTC #WomenInScience council.science/events/women...

Professor Emma Johnston, as Dean of Science, presented me with the 2017 UNSW Alumni Award for Science & Technology. She was gracious, generous, and truly inspiring.

After 12 months of consultation analysis and deliberations, the Chair of the Strategic Examination of Australia’s R&D System provided the final report to Minister Ayers last week. This review of R&D in Australia is needed to shape our research, development and innovation system.

Notice of the passing of the University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, Professor Emma Johnston AO The University of Melbourne advises with deep sadness of the passing of Vice-Chancellor, Professor Emma Johnston AO, due to complications associated with cancer.

Notice of the passing of The University of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social Vice-Chancellor, Professor Emma Johnston AO. www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Congratulations to William Wimley together with Eduardo Jardon & Evelyne Deplazes for organising an excellent symposium on #membrane active #peptides at @pacifichem.bsky.social 2025 in Honolulu. Every talk was brilliant & it was lovely to get together in person and celebrate #biophysics & #chemistry

Celebrating in Waikiki after presenting our work on #membrane active #peptides at @pacifichem.bsky.social Pacifichem 2025, bringing together colleagues in #chemistry and #biophysics. @wenyili68.bsky.social

Always lovely to bump into another #nmr spectroscopist and Pacifichem 2025 @pacifichem.bsky.social gave me the opportunity to to catch up with Janez Plavec in Honolulu.

Ideal gift for those into membrane #biophysics: a bronze or silver cell membrane ring created via 3D printing. This ring wraps a lipid bilayer around the finger of the wearer, adorning them with a transmembrane and peripheral protein design. ontogenie.com/collections/...