Posts Tagged: Matan Shelomi
How a Newly Described Bacteria Species Got the Kimsey Name
A newly described bacteria species found more than a decade ago inside the gut of a stick insect...
Former UC Davis doctoral student Matan Shelomi described a new bacteria species from the gut of a Giant New Guinea Stick Insect, Eurycantha calcarata. This is a E. calcarata from the Bohart Museum. Shelomi named the bacteria after UC Davis faculty members Lynn and Bob Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Matan Shelomi: In the Era of #FakeNews...Predatory Journals
In the era of #fakenews, add #predatoryjournals. What are "predatory journals?" Entomologist Matan...
Entomologist Matan Shelomi is a fan of Pokémon and a foe of fake news.
First page of Matan Shelomi's fictitious research paper. One of three.
Second page of Matan Shelomi's fictitious research paper. Second of three.
Third and last page of Matan Shelomi's fictitious research paper.
Matan Shelomi: How Do You Say 'Murder' Hornets? Delicious!
They don't taste like chicken. The larvae and pupae of the Asian giant hornet taste like French...
A blue plate special: larvae of the Asian giant hornet. This image is of food served in a restaurant in eastern Taiwan. (Photo by Matan Shelomi)
Delicious dish: The pupae of the Asian giant hornet. This image is of food served in a restaurant in eastern Taiwan. (Photo by Matan Shelomi)
Matan Shelomi: Each Answer to a Question Creates New Questions
Think about this: You don't know until you try. You miss every opportunity you do not...
World traveler and scientist Matan Shelomi, wearing a Bohart Museum of Entomology shirt at at the Reichstag in Berlin.
Matan Shelomi heads to the podium to deliver his seminar on his stick insect research. At right is major professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Assistant Professor Matan Shelomi: He'll Introduce You to His Stick Insect Research
Ever ask someone where they live and they respond "I live in the sticks"? They're referring to a...
Matan Shelomi, who received his doctorate in entomology at UC Davis and his bachelor's degree at Harvard, will return to the UC Davis campus on Wednesday, Nov. 15 to deliver a seminar on his stick and leaf insect research.
This is the insect that entomologist Matan Shelomi studies: the stick insect, order Phasmatodea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)