Young Entrepreneurs in Science & online engagements during Corona times 🦅 🦅
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Young Entrepreneurs in Science & online engagements during Corona times 🦅 🦅

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

Do you know how much am I fond of the Wright brothers ?? So much that I could spend the whole night talking about the endless documentaries, books and articles I read about them. The Wright brothers were nothing but genius entrepreneurs who where way ahead of their time. They began their experimentation in flight…

The tassel was worth the hassle: on running the final lap of the PhD marathon
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The tassel was worth the hassle: on running the final lap of the PhD marathon

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

ماضٍ فيَّ حُكمُك عَدْلٌ فيَّ قضاؤُك “I was able to push from within, I had an innate desire to succeed.” Joan Benoit A bit before I was born and on February 1984, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart were the two men ever to walk untethered in space for the first time. Six…

Celebrating the World Food Day in Hohenheim
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Celebrating the World Food Day in Hohenheim

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, over 820 million people worldwide suffer from…

Road tripping in Japan : Impressions from our field work/trip in Yui, Shizuoka
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Road tripping in Japan : Impressions from our field work/trip in Yui, Shizuoka

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

On a coach heading to Yui But why Yui? Because Yui Port is located in a great position immediately off the southern coast of Suruga Bay in Shizouka prefecture and is famous for being one of the only two ports (the other one is Oigawa Port) where the fishing of the rare Sakura shrimp is…

一期一会 Japan “One life, one encounter.”
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一期一会 Japan “One life, one encounter.”

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

一期一会 An awesome Japanese idiom that translates to “One life, one encounter.” We sometimes tend to forget that every encounter is a once-in-a-lifetime encounter — this really underscores how many first-and-only-time things happen in the day-to-day and it also explains the way I felt while gazing at the scramble. Interested in knowing more about the…

Contribution to the 2nd Global Climate Strike in Bonn by “Scientists for Future” Climate action now! Because it is not enough to know.
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Contribution to the 2nd Global Climate Strike in Bonn by “Scientists for Future” Climate action now! Because it is not enough to know.

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Yesterday somebody told me on the bus that he was uncertain whether climate change was really that bad; he under the impression that scientist had not even succeeded in agreeing to the relevant numbers as yet. Fair enough! Instead of hiding behind model simulations and endless case studies we, the scientists need to do a better job getting the message across

New Publication ” Insects for Feed”
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New Publication ” Insects for Feed”

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

Our open access peer-reviewed article entitled “Influence of Temperature on Selected Life-History Traits of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Reared on Two Common Urban Organic Waste Streams in Kenya” was published in Animals Special Issue Insects: Alternative Protein Source for Animal Feed. Here is a simple summary of the article: Rapid population growth and urbanization,…

Girl meets Indian Ocean- Impressions from the “Rainbow Nation” (2)
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Girl meets Indian Ocean- Impressions from the “Rainbow Nation” (2)

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

We left Howick and spent the last couple of nights for us in South Africa in St Lucia with the aim of exploring the Isimangaliso Wetland Reserve. The road trip to St.Lucia was scenic and beautiful. I loved the sights of the Jacaranda tress scattered all over the hilly roads. We were told upon our arrival…

Sleepless in Howick- Impressions from the “Rainbow Nation” (1)
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Sleepless in Howick- Impressions from the “Rainbow Nation” (1)

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

On the 18th of July the world celebrated the 100th birthday of the great inspirational leader, Nelson Mandela. Madiba lived a remarkable life; a life devoted to fight for black rights, and campaigned against the laws that kept white and black people apart (apartheid) that led him to be imprisoned for 27 years. A worldwide…

Al Jazeera writes about our edible insects research
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Al Jazeera writes about our edible insects research

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

Here I am posting a link to a report that Al Jazeera wrote about our research on edible insects and the shift in European policies & legislations regarding the production & consumption of insects for food & feed in Europe. The article (in Arabic only) can be reached via the link below https://www.google.de/amp/www.aljazeera.net/amp/news/miscellaneous/2018/1/29/الحشرات-والديدان-على-موائد-الألمان-قريبا