As my term on @science.org.au closes, I took the opportunity to thank Lynn Allan, who ably assisted and made outstanding contributions to international events & projects. Lynn soon starts a new role as International Policy Specialist at Australian Academy Technological Sciences & Engineering (ATSE).

Thank you @iapartnership.bsky.social for including me in #FromPresenceToPower group of #WomenInScience: First woman professor of chemistry at @unimelb.edu.au First female chemist elected to the Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au. Today Dr Frances Separovic connects academies worldwide.

Read 'From Presence to Power: Women Leading in Science' #WomenInScience www.interacademies.org/news/presenc...

Chemistry labs make tons of plastic waste. Can we recycle it? Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful. cen.acs.org/environment/...

An informal #WomenInScience meeting at Canberra Airport, with professors Joanne Etheridge (VIC), Jennifer Martin (QLD), and Lyn Beazley (WA).

The @acs.org recently recognized the groundbreaking work of #WomenInScience Alice Augusta Ball with a National Historic Chemical Landmark. Ball, the first Black and first female chemistry professor in Hawaii, developed the first effective treatment for leprosy. www.acs.org/education/wh...

How #WomenInScience Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics: Organic solar cell windows will enable the buildings of the future to be energy-neutral, she says. www.chemistryworld.com/careers/how-...

Pleasure to meet The Hon. Lisa Singh, after her presentation at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, together with Prof. Shailendra Sawleshwarkar. Lisa is also CEO at the Australia India Institute, @unimelb.edu.au

‘No one quite like her’: meet the female colleagues who inspire these award-winning #WomenInScience. To mark International Women’s Day (#IWD2026), nature.com asked winners of its awards programmes to nominate a colleague who brings out the best in them. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Celebrate #WomenInScience on #IWD2026 and the networks that sustain them www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The WISE (#WomenInScience & Engineering) committee of the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (#AASSA) is pleased to announce the 2026 Prof. Yoo Hang Kim Young Women Scientists Award. More details available at aassa.asia/events/event...

🌍🔬 Celebrating International Women’s Day 👩‍🔬👩‍🎓 Today we celebrate the incredible women chemists of @IUPAC.org who are advancing science, education, sustainability, and global collaboration. Happy International Women's Day 2026 to all the women shaping the future of chemistry. 🔗 iupac.org/GWB

After talking at Raisina Dialogue Roundtable, "Can science diplomacy community better inform post 2030 agenda: challenge of fracturing multilateralism", met with Australian delegates, M Sheel, R Khanna & S Sawleshwarkar. Then onto Studio 15 with former PMs, T Abbott of Australia & C Bildt of Sweden.

Delighted to catch up with fellow Homeward Bound #TeamHB4 member, @margagual.bsky.social, before the start of the Raisina Dialogue at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, where we discussed Science and Diplomacy initiatives.

National scientific organisations consistently underrepresent women within their membership: Change is happening slowly but institutional processes continue to stymie the progression of #WomenInScience www.chemistryworld.com/news/nationa...

National scientific organisations consistently underrepresent women within their membership: Change is happening slowly but institutional processes continue to stymie the progression of #WomenInScience. www.chemistryworld.com/news/royal-s...

Muriel Siebert arrived in New York City in 1954 with $500 and a dream. But she would go on to become the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, to own/operate a brokerage firm on the NYSE, & to be Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Many Voices 🎤 One Science 🔬 Frances Separovic AO FAA, @iupac.org Distinguished Women Award, Past President of IUPAC Physical & Biophysical Chemistry Division, highlighted vital role of #IUPACGWB in advancing gender equity in Australia and worldwide. 🔗 iupac.org/GWB #WomenInScience

Celebrating 21 years of the Bio21 Institute: More than 70 guests gathered in the @unimelb.edu.au's Bio21 Institute atrium on Friday evening to celebrate 21 years of discovery and innovation in the life sciences and biotechnology research at Bio21. science.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/c...

Following the close of #bps2026 in San Francisco, I visited the @calacademy.bsky.social and de Young Museum where I was amazed by the beautiful blown glass sculptures of Dale Chihuly. Also blown away by artist, Theresa Bernstein (1890-2002), and the great views from the tower at the Museum.

Congratulations to Prof. Karen Fleming @karenfleming.bsky.social of Johns Hopkins University, who is the new president of the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social. and is pictured here with me soon after taking office at #bps2026.

The need for science diplomacy in a fragmenting world. After receiving a US science diplomacy prize, Chemistry World talks to Martyn Poliakoff and Richard Catlow about global scientific discourse. www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-nee...

‘Ukrainians are a strong nation – we persevere’: Four years on scientists remain resilient in face of adversity. Researchers in Ukraine hold on to hope and plan for a future after the war ends. www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukraini...

Veronica Vaida: ‘Some Harvard faculty expressed puzzlement at having a woman colleague’. The renowned physical chemist and environmental scientist on growing up in Romania and forging her career as a #WomanInScience in the USA in the 1970s. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/vero...

Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Hinde of @unimelb.edu.au, who received the Michael & Kate Barany Award of the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social (BPS) from BPS President, Lynmarie Thompson at #bps2026 in San Francisco.

Former presidents of the Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social align with current president and executive officer and then with incoming president at #bps2026 in San Francisco.

Harnessing the Strength of the Pacific was the theme of the inaugural Pacific Academy of Sciences Congress, 16-18 Feb 2026, with an exchange of ideas on empowering Pacific nations, uplifting communities, and influencing science with Pacific perspectives. council.science/news/pacific...

Excited to have arrived in San Francisco for the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Biophysical Society meeting #bps2026, starting with subgroups Saturday. This will be the 40th BPS annual meeting that I have attended!

Inspired by having participated in the inaugural Pacific Academy of Sciences (PAS) Congress in Apia, Samoa, together with our Australian Academy of Science @science.bsky.social and @sciencecouncil.bsky.social (ISC) Regional Focal Point for Asia-Pacific.

Advancing Science, Building Community: Prof. Omowunmi Sadik, works at the crossroads of discovery, innovation & environmental responsibility. Read about the principles that guide her research, technology developed in her lab, and science for a more sustainable world. axial.acs.org/publishing/a...

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.

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 #WomenInScience www.interacademies.org/publication/... via @iapartnership.bsky.social

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...

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 #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).

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 @york.ac.uk University of York’s #chemistry department. www.chemistryworld.com/careers/abig...

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 www.aps.org/apsnews/2026...

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: 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

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/

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 @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

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...