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Hosted by SRAP Victorian Representative, Mr Ivan Martinez Botella, the event consisted of talks by four SRAP members. The talks invited the audience to learn about research in different topics like organometallic catalysis, malaria, astrophysics, and plants in space. The event was well attended with over 50 people registered. The […]

Research Bites event to celebrate International Women’s Day in Melbourne

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On Friday, March 6, SRAP Melbourne invites you to celebrate International Women’s Day with another another Research Bites event at The Spanish Club, the Spanish Home of Melbourne (57 Johnston St., Fitzroy), featuring a series of talks on research in Spanish by female researchers working in Australia. An opportunity to […]

Celebrating International Women’s Day with Research Bites Melbourne

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Continuing SRAP’s regular collaboration with SBS Spanish Radio, our Victoria representative Ivan Martinez Botella (CSIRO) has been interviewed to discuss what SRAP is about and what we do. The interview was conducted by Claudio Vasquez. You can find the full article and interview in Spanish on the SBS Spanish website.

SBS interview presenting SRAP in Melbourne

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The Ambassador of Spain in Australia, Her Excellency Ms Esther Monterrubio Villar; Ignacio Boloix Peiro, Science Counsellor; and Paula Llull Llobera, Cultural affairs, Science and Public Diplomacy Officer, visited the SRAP Victorian Representative, Ivan Martinez Botella at CSIRO, Clayton on Thursday, November 20th. During the visit, they talked about the […]

Spanish ambassador visit to Melbourne

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On Friday, November 14th 2025, SRAP organised a Research Bites event to commemorate the 10th year anniversary of SRAP Research Bites in Victoria at The Spanish Club – Hogar Español Melbourne (57 Johnston St, Fitzroy).     Hosted by SRAP Victorian Representative, Ivan Martinez Botella, the event consisted of talks […]

10th year anniversary of SRAP Research Bites in Victoria

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Celebrating Science and Culture: National Science Week in Melbourne As part of Australia’s National Science Week 2025, Melbourne played host to an exciting event celebrating science, and innovation. Organized by SRAP (Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific), and held in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes, the event brought together researchers, students, and […]

Event in Melbourne for National Science Week 2025

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  On Saturday, March 8th 2025, SRAP organised a Research Talks & Tapas event to celebrate International Women’s Day at The Spanish Club – Hogar Español Melbourne (57 Johnston St, Fitzroy, Vic, 3065) with the collaboration of the Instituto Cervantes Sydney-Melbourne. Hosted by SRAP Victorian Representative, Mr Ivan Martinez Botella, […]

Research Talks & Tapas event to celebrate International Women’s Day ...

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On Sunday, November 10th, SRAP organised a Research Bites event at The Spanish Club – Hogar Español Melbourne (57 Johnston St, Fitzroy, Vic, 3065). It’s the second event this year with the title “Talks about researching in Australia in Spanish”. Hosted by SRAP Victorian’s Representative, Mr Iván Martínez Botella, Research […]

2nd Research Bites in Melbourne

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SRAP members and friends in Melbourne meet every Friday from 5pm since June 2024. The gatherings have taken place mainly at the rooftop of the funky Spanish joint Bombabar (103 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000), but some Fridays the group have met at other venues. For example, on Friday, August 9th, the […]

Weekly social meetings in Melbourne

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SRAP Research Bites Victoria – 5th June 2024 On Wednesday June 5th, SRAP organised a Research Bites event at The Spanish Club – Hogar Español Melbourne (57 Johnston St, Fitzroy, Vic, 3065) in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes Australia. Entitled “Talks about researching in Australia in Spanish”, Research Bites invited […]

Melbourne Research Bites 2024

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Our president, Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (Macquarie University), has been interviewed for an article in Diario Córdoba titled “Cuatro cordobeses ejemplo de talento exportado al mundo”, which was published today, Sunday, 26th November, 2023. According to the article in Diario Córdoba “Cuatro cordobeses ejemplo de talento exportado al mundo,” Ángel López-Sánchez […]

Ángel López-Sánchez interviewed in Diario Córdoba as “example of talent ...

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Measuring our body temperature is essential in these days. Conventional thermometers require contact with the object they are measuring. How can we measure temperature in internal body organs, then? Our member Dr Blanca del Rosal from Swinburne University of Technology is researching methods of measuring brain temperature and has published an […]

Article about brain temperature in “The Conversation” by Blanca del ...

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Like every year SRAP-IEAP participated in the International Day of Women and Girls in science celebrated on the 11th of February. This time our member Marina Trigueros, aka Cariboo Design, prepared a series of “Real Wonder Women” Biocomics highlighting several of our awesome female SRAP-IEAP members. This day is an […]

Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, ...

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Last Tuesday, 17th December 2019 SRAP-IEAP organised the first “Research Tapas” in Melbourne. The venue was “La bodega de Andrés“. A total of 40 people attended to the event, that included talks from several SRAP-IEAP researchers: Tomás Gonzalo, Ana Maria Ducasse, María Alba, John Postill, Juan Carlos Molero, Antonio Castillo, Pol Gurri, […]

I Research Tapas in Melbourne

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(Post only available in Spanish, but the information about the events is in English) Después de una tanda bien larga de eventos organizados en 2019 por la Asociación de Investigadores Españoles en Australia-Pacifico (SRAP-IEAP), tenemos el gusto de invitaros a tres eventos de divulgación científica que van a tener lugar […]

Science communication events in December 2019

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Article written by Graeme Hosking. In an unremarkable corner of a Melbourne suburb, perched on the edge of Monash University’s Clayton campus, sits one of the most remarkable devices built by modern man. Filling a building bigger than most aircraft hangars, the Australian Synchrotron is one of the largest tools in […]

SRAP-IEAP members visit the Australian Synchroton

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Last Saturday 28th April we had a very special event at Scienceworks (Melbourne, Victoria): a Astronomy talk and a special projection of the planetary show “Una estrella para Cervantes” (A star for Cervantes). The event was hosted by astrophysicist and science communicator Ángel R. López-Sánchez (AAO/MQU), who was in charge […]

Astronomy event at Scienceworks, Melbourne

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Dear SRAP Members, Christmas is almost around the corner! Let's have a Christmas party! It will be an excellent opportunity for networking. Hope to see you all.
Sydney:
Cuándo: Viernes 8 de diciembre
Dónde: The Nag's Head Hotel. 162 St Johns Rd, Glebe NSW 2037
Hora: A partir de las 7pm
Melbourne:
Cuándo: Sábado 9 de diciembre
Dónde: Luna Park, en la puerta principal, justo al lado del "boca" de entrada.
The Esplanade. St Kilda.
Hora: 12.30 pm

SRAP Christmas Parties 2017: Sydney (8-Dec) & Melbourne (9-Dec)

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Spanish Tapas to celebrate the beginning of SRAP activities calendar in Melbourne.
Dear researchers in Melbourne,
We would like to invite you to an informal gathering in Melbourne.
This will be a networking social event to get in touch with other researchers, where we will discuss the next activities of our association.
RSVP via MeetUp: Españoles investigadores en Melbourne - SRAP (https://www.meetup.com/Espanoles-investigadores-en-Melbourne-SRAP/) Confirmation and commitment of assistance is required as table needs to be booked in advance.
You don't need to be a SRAP member for this particular event.
However, future activities will be free for SRAP members ($40 a year).
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
Alenjandro Caro.
PS: How does MeetUp work?
1. Sign up to meet up (it is 2 seconds)
3. RSVP for the event

Melbourne Gathering: Spanish Tapas

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The second Research Bites (RB) organized by the Victoria delegation of the Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific association (SRAP-IEAP) was held on October 20th 2016 in Melbourne, at the School of Languages and Linguistics (University of Melbourne). The event was organised by our member Alfredo Martínez Expósito (University of Melbourne). The 2nd RB in Melbourne […]

2nd “Research Bites” in Victoria

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The first Research Bites (RB) organized by the Victoria (Australia) delegation of the Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific association (SRAP-IEAP) was held in La Trobe University (Melbourne) on Friday, 11th December 2015, from 5 – 8 pm. This event was organised by our member  Dr. Álvaro Roura, who works at  La Trobe […]

1st “Research Bites” in Victoria

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Larva de Pulpo
Our member Dr. Álvaro Roura appeared recently in the Spanish newspaper “La Voz de Galicia” talking about his project on Octopus vulgaris paralarvae that is running with Jan Strugnell at La Trobe University (Melbourne Campus). We reproduce this interview, which was in Spanish, below. Dr. Álvaro Roura. In this project […]

Interview to Dr. Álvaro Roura and his research in Octopus

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