Frances Separovic
francesbiophys.bsky.social
Frances Separovic
@francesbiophys.bsky.social
Biophysical chemistry and NMR spectroscopy
Welcome reception of 5th Aus-NZ Croatian Women in Leadership. Lovely to meet another girl from Blato, Debra Gavranich.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Applications are open for the Frances Separovic Scholarship for domestic students enrolling at @unimelb.bsky.social in an undergraduate degree and are experiencing disadvantaged circumstances. Preference to those from regional or remote areas of Australia. scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/franc...
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Congratulations to the awardees of the 2025 #PMPrizes. Delighted to meet Prof. Michael Wear at the @science.org.au. Michael is the inaugural awardee of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems. Read more at www.industry.gov.au/news/introdu...
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dying: A Memoir is on at @artscentremelb.bsky.social. Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company, adapted for the stage by Benjamin Law, performed by Genevieve Morris, Cory Taylor’s final work confronts the anxiety and despair that surrounds death with honesty, clarity and trying to learn to live fully.
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Science20 (S20) South Africa, Academy of Science of South Africa has issued its 2025 Statement on Climate Change and Well-being, calling for urgent, science-driven action to protect the well-being of people, ecosystems, & the planet; save lives boost sustainability.
www.assaf.org.za/2025/10/31/s...
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Odile Eisenstein: ‘Some of the most important advice is to be persistent’. This #WomenInScience and pioneer in theoretical #chemistry on teaching herself programming and the importance of freedom. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/odil...
Odile Eisenstein: ‘Some of the most important advice is to be persistent’
The pioneering theoretical chemist on teaching herself programming and the importance of freedom
www.chemistryworld.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Thank you for the recognition. See 2025 Victorian Senior of the Year Award recipients at www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au/festival-and...
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Pleased to have participated in the panel presentations and discussion at the Victorian Croatian Chamber of Commerce STEMM Summit today, together with David Smith and Jelena Likić.
October 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Looking forward to next week's Melbourne University Chemical Society (MUCS) seminar which will be the 4th Frances Separovic Lecture and will be presented by Prof. Maria Forsyth. #chemistry
October 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
How to spend a day waiting for a flight at Heathrow: Coffee at T3 with Louise from #TeamHB4 of Homeward Bound; meet Ale & her team at @rsc.org; catch the Kerry James Marshall and Kiefer/van Gogh exhibitions at the #RoyalAcademyofArts; and then dinner in the Qantas Lounge with Leann & Mike.
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Thank you Priyanka for representing me at the Women of Colour in STEM Awards 2025 and celebrating the remarkable finalists, winners, and STEM Sisters community. #WomenInScience #WOCinSTEMAwards #WomenInSTEM
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Congratulations to our esteemed colleague, Richard Robson, whose work highlights the strong nexus between teaching and research. #chemistry
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Congratulations to #UniMelb's Professor Richard Robson, who has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University and Professor Omar M. Yaghi of th...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
4 WEEKS TO SUMMIT 2025
Join us in Melbourne from 7-9th November for the AUS-NZ Croatian Women in Leadership summit at the Langham Hotel. Pleased to participate in the event with other members of the Advisory Council.
October 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The @University of Melbourne has honoured pioneering 95-year-old #WomenInScience Alison Harcourt AO by naming a seminar room after her. Ms Harcourt started her maths degree at the University in 1947, as just one of two women in the subject. science.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/s...
Seminar room named in honour of “grandmother” of mathematical optimisation
Seminar room named in honour of “grandmother” of mathematical optimisation
science.unimelb.edu.au
October 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After stopping by the original Tesla in Zagreb, went to the island of Korcula where these three little girls met together again in Blato for the first time after 68 years.
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why an inclusive culture is the best way to unlock chemistry’s potential:
Reasonable adjustments enable diverse teams that can grow, innovate and tackle global problems
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/why-...
Why an inclusive culture is the best way to unlock chemistry’s potential
Reasonable adjustments enable diverse teams that can grow, innovate and tackle global problems
www.chemistryworld.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
0n 16 Sep 2025, Minister for Foreign Affairs, @senatorwong.bsky.social, announced opening of applications for 2025-26 Maitri Grant and Matri Scholarships & Fellowships programs with up to $5M, respectively, for strengthening of Australia-India relationship. www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/pen...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Inspire STEM: A Gallery Honouring Women of Colour and Allies in #STEM: October 4 @ 1:00 pm – October 6 @ 4:00 pm at Melbourne Docklands by STEM Sisters stemsisters.org.au/event/inspir... #WomenInScience
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Elizabeth Hinde and Jorge Alegre-Cebollada to receive 2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Michael and Kate Bárány Award www.biophysics.org/news-room/el... Congratulations to my colleague @lizhinde.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 Australian Society for Biophysics awardees: Prof Adelle Coster for Bob Robertson Award for her contributions to Australian #biophysics, & Assoc Prof Matthew Baker for McAulay-Hope Prize for original & innovative biophysics. See ASB2025 at biophysics.org.au/meetings/202...
2025 ASB Meeting - ASB
The 2023 annual meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics will take place from December 3rd to 6th at the University of Wollongong Innovation Campus!
biophysics.org.au
September 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Learnt so much by participating in a panel discussion on 'Executive Leadership in Higher Education' with Prof. Chioma Blaise Chikere, Jose Frantz, and Sally Osei-Appiah, moderated by Brenda Moodley at Women Leaders in Higher Education #WLHESummit2025 held at University of Johannesburg.
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Chemical Landmark honours first female PhD in chemistry: First #WomenInScience to earn a PhD in #chemistry, Lydia Sesemann was awarded her doctorate >150 years ago. SCNAT - Swiss Academy of Sciences honoured University of Zurich as a historically significant site. chem.scnat.ch/en/chemical_...
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Melbourne University Chemical Society Seminar 1126. This year's Frances Separovic Lecture: "Next Generation Electrolytes for Advanced Alkali Metal Batteries"
will be presented by Prof Maria Forsyth
4:15 pm on Wed 22 October 2025
at Masson Theatre, School of #Chemistry, @unimelb.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM