Black Soldier Fly Expert Panel Discussion
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Black Soldier Fly Expert Panel Discussion

I was honored to take part in a very interesting Black Soldier Fly Expert Panel Discussion as part of the Ento Nation podcasts series. I will not write any further details so I would  give you the chance to hear all about it via the link below ☺️ I promise, it will be super fun to…

The German President & I: ZEF at the Villa Hammerschmidt Open Day 2018
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The German President & I: ZEF at the Villa Hammerschmidt Open Day 2018

Little did I know when I decided to work with Black Soldier Flies that they will take me on this breathtaking journey. Seldom do you get invited to take part at an event in an official presidential palace and even more seldom do you get  invited to take part at an event in an official…

Ento Nation Podcast: The Lady of the Flies
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Ento Nation Podcast: The Lady of the Flies

I am back again with an update and a new link this time 😃 You will not only read about my research but rather get to hear my voice talking all about our research with the Black Soldier Flies. I was the Ento Nation’s podcast guest this week and I enjoyed conversing with the Cricket Man….

Bonn Sciences Night/Bonner Wissenschaftsnacht
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Bonn Sciences Night/Bonner Wissenschaftsnacht

The 11th „Science Night“ of the University of Bonn took place at the Münsterplatz and the Central Building of the University of Bonn. Tailored to the common topic “Cycles”, there were exhibitions, presentations and performances by universities and research institutes of the local area “Bonn-Rhein Sieg”. The event that takes places every other year offers…

A spring full of bug activities
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A spring full of bug activities

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland We did experience a long harsh winter this year, but at the end, spring did not skipp us and it did arrive in a full swing. The arrival of spring  means being able to walk around our beautiful  200 years old university campus…

We made it to a list of great blogs on edible insects associated with an article on edible insects & food security for “The Independent”
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We made it to a list of great blogs on edible insects associated with an article on edible insects & food security for “The Independent”

University of Cambridge researcher Charlotte LR Payne wrote an article for the independent on edible insects & food security with an accompanying supplementary list on blogs related to edible insects including my ZEF blog section 🙋🏽‍♀️☺ Here is a link to Charlotte LR Payne’s blog http://www.libertyruth.com/blog/an-article-for-the-independent-and-a-list-of-great-blogs

A summer full of new ventures
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A summer full of new ventures

[aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#282828″ text=”#ffffff” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ~Eleanor Roosevelt” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”] Here is a retrospect to what happened after our Swahili doodles workshop just in case you…

Marwa & the Fellas week in Petershagen
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Marwa & the Fellas week in Petershagen

Towards the upper most region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, we decided to travel all the way from Bonn to approximately 10 kilometres northeast of Minden and precisely to the little town of Petershagen on the banks of the River Weser. The trip from Bonn to Petershagen lasted for around 6 hours, the journey started…

Arts as a common language – a workshop with Saleh al Shukairi
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Arts as a common language – a workshop with Saleh al Shukairi

ZEF was our venue, an international intercultural hub in Bonn. The German Omani Association, Arabia Felix GmbH and the Embassy of Oman were our main donors, IHV Bonn were our partners, Saleh al Shukairi was our guest and the language we had in common was ARTS. My friend Hind and I thought of turning our…