Schuh Lab
@schuhlab.bsky.social
Illuminating the beginning of life at the Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences @mpi-nat.bsky.social. Account managed by Melina and Vanessa @schuhlab.bsky.social
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· Sep 17
Feeling excited & grateful 🌟
Honored to receive the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough 2025 (Life Sciences) — for our team’s live ovulation imaging.
Thanks to Tabea Lilian Marx, Christopher Thomas & our lab!
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_2...
#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 #ScienceBreakthroughs
Honored to receive the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough 2025 (Life Sciences) — for our team’s live ovulation imaging.
Thanks to Tabea Lilian Marx, Christopher Thomas & our lab!
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_2...
#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 #ScienceBreakthroughs
Why do women’s eggs deteriorate as they age? 🥚
The @washingtonpost.com reports on this question and features our study on Shugoshin 1.
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The @washingtonpost.com reports on this question and features our study on Shugoshin 1.
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www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Why do women’s eggs deteriorate as they age? 🥚
The @washingtonpost.com reports on this question and features our study on Shugoshin 1.
📰
The @washingtonpost.com reports on this question and features our study on Shugoshin 1.
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Our work on improving human egg quality was featured in @theguardian.com.
We hope this will help to make #IVF more successful and allow more couples to conceive. 💜
We hope this will help to make #IVF more successful and allow more couples to conceive. 💜
Human eggs ‘rejuvenated’ in an advance that could boost IVF success rates
Exclusive: Research suggests supplementing eggs with a key protein reduces age-related defects, raising hopes of improved IVF for older women
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Our work on improving human egg quality was featured in @theguardian.com.
We hope this will help to make #IVF more successful and allow more couples to conceive. 💜
We hope this will help to make #IVF more successful and allow more couples to conceive. 💜
Human eggs must segregate their chromosomes with exquisite precision — yet errors rise with maternal age, causing miscarriage & infertility.
Our new article on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social shows why chromosome cohesion fails in aging eggs & how to improve it.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/10)
Our new article on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social shows why chromosome cohesion fails in aging eggs & how to improve it.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/10)
January 12, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Human eggs must segregate their chromosomes with exquisite precision — yet errors rise with maternal age, causing miscarriage & infertility.
Our new article on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social shows why chromosome cohesion fails in aging eggs & how to improve it.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/10)
Our new article on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social shows why chromosome cohesion fails in aging eggs & how to improve it.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/10)
The Schuh lab wishes you & your families a #MerryChristmas and a wonderful start to a happy & successful #NewYear2026 🎄✨
This year’s department Christmas card features a microscope image by our PostDoc @kosti-sofroni.bsky.social showing a fetal ovary containing prophase oocytes.
This year’s department Christmas card features a microscope image by our PostDoc @kosti-sofroni.bsky.social showing a fetal ovary containing prophase oocytes.
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The Schuh lab wishes you & your families a #MerryChristmas and a wonderful start to a happy & successful #NewYear2026 🎄✨
This year’s department Christmas card features a microscope image by our PostDoc @kosti-sofroni.bsky.social showing a fetal ovary containing prophase oocytes.
This year’s department Christmas card features a microscope image by our PostDoc @kosti-sofroni.bsky.social showing a fetal ovary containing prophase oocytes.
We’re excited to have Qiuyan join the Schuh lab as a postdoctoral researcher 🎉
She earned her PhD in Biological Sciences, with a research focus on understanding early embryonic development. In her new role, she’ll explore germ cell development.
Welcome to the team, Qiuyan!
She earned her PhD in Biological Sciences, with a research focus on understanding early embryonic development. In her new role, she’ll explore germ cell development.
Welcome to the team, Qiuyan!
December 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We’re excited to have Qiuyan join the Schuh lab as a postdoctoral researcher 🎉
She earned her PhD in Biological Sciences, with a research focus on understanding early embryonic development. In her new role, she’ll explore germ cell development.
Welcome to the team, Qiuyan!
She earned her PhD in Biological Sciences, with a research focus on understanding early embryonic development. In her new role, she’ll explore germ cell development.
Welcome to the team, Qiuyan!
🧬Why does female fertility decline with age? And can egg cells be rejuvenated🥚?
Find out in a new interview with Melina discussing her research on the biology of aging #oocytes.
#WomensHealth 💜
(Article in German)
ajour.ch/de/story/634...
Find out in a new interview with Melina discussing her research on the biology of aging #oocytes.
#WomensHealth 💜
(Article in German)
ajour.ch/de/story/634...
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🧬Why does female fertility decline with age? And can egg cells be rejuvenated🥚?
Find out in a new interview with Melina discussing her research on the biology of aging #oocytes.
#WomensHealth 💜
(Article in German)
ajour.ch/de/story/634...
Find out in a new interview with Melina discussing her research on the biology of aging #oocytes.
#WomensHealth 💜
(Article in German)
ajour.ch/de/story/634...
🎉Ovo Labs won the @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social x @nucleate.bsky.social Grand Challenge 2025!
Founded by Melina Schuh, Agata Zielinska & Oleksandr Yagensky to improve IVF success rates, Ovo Labs was picked from 450+ biotech companies. Huge congratulations!💜
🔗 nucleatehq.medium.com/ovo-labs-awa...
Founded by Melina Schuh, Agata Zielinska & Oleksandr Yagensky to improve IVF success rates, Ovo Labs was picked from 450+ biotech companies. Huge congratulations!💜
🔗 nucleatehq.medium.com/ovo-labs-awa...
Ovo Labs Awarded $100K to Advance Groundbreaking IVF Therapy in Lilly Grand Challenge
The 2025 Lilly Grand Challenge brought together some of the most promising early-stage biotech innovators at Eli Lilly and Company’s global…
nucleatehq.medium.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🎉Ovo Labs won the @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social x @nucleate.bsky.social Grand Challenge 2025!
Founded by Melina Schuh, Agata Zielinska & Oleksandr Yagensky to improve IVF success rates, Ovo Labs was picked from 450+ biotech companies. Huge congratulations!💜
🔗 nucleatehq.medium.com/ovo-labs-awa...
Founded by Melina Schuh, Agata Zielinska & Oleksandr Yagensky to improve IVF success rates, Ovo Labs was picked from 450+ biotech companies. Huge congratulations!💜
🔗 nucleatehq.medium.com/ovo-labs-awa...
Last week, we enjoyed wonderful days on our #labretreat at Ringberg Castle by Lake Tegernsee, together with the Rink Lab and Lenart Lab from @mpi-nat.bsky.social. We explored science, hiked, did yoga, played games, and shared lots of laughter. A perfect setting to exchange ideas and connect. 🧠🧘♀️🎲
October 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Last week, we enjoyed wonderful days on our #labretreat at Ringberg Castle by Lake Tegernsee, together with the Rink Lab and Lenart Lab from @mpi-nat.bsky.social. We explored science, hiked, did yoga, played games, and shared lots of laughter. A perfect setting to exchange ideas and connect. 🧠🧘♀️🎲
How do oocytes prepare for life before life begins? 🧬
Our new review in Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology @annualreview explores how oocytes store proteins to support development and fertility. (1/5)
🔗 go.shr.lc/4o9hsk8
Our new review in Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology @annualreview explores how oocytes store proteins to support development and fertility. (1/5)
🔗 go.shr.lc/4o9hsk8
October 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
How do oocytes prepare for life before life begins? 🧬
Our new review in Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology @annualreview explores how oocytes store proteins to support development and fertility. (1/5)
🔗 go.shr.lc/4o9hsk8
Our new review in Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology @annualreview explores how oocytes store proteins to support development and fertility. (1/5)
🔗 go.shr.lc/4o9hsk8
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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
Feeling excited & grateful 🌟
Honored to receive the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough 2025 (Life Sciences) — for our team’s live ovulation imaging.
Thanks to Tabea Lilian Marx, Christopher Thomas & our lab!
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_2...
#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 #ScienceBreakthroughs
Honored to receive the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough 2025 (Life Sciences) — for our team’s live ovulation imaging.
Thanks to Tabea Lilian Marx, Christopher Thomas & our lab!
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_2...
#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 #ScienceBreakthroughs
September 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Feeling excited & grateful 🌟
Honored to receive the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough 2025 (Life Sciences) — for our team’s live ovulation imaging.
Thanks to Tabea Lilian Marx, Christopher Thomas & our lab!
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_2...
#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 #ScienceBreakthroughs
Honored to receive the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough 2025 (Life Sciences) — for our team’s live ovulation imaging.
Thanks to Tabea Lilian Marx, Christopher Thomas & our lab!
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_2...
#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 #ScienceBreakthroughs
🎥 Our research made it into SWR Wissen, with our PhD student @tabeamarx.bsky.social sharing insights.
Definitely worth a watch! (Video in German)
Definitely worth a watch! (Video in German)
Tabea Marx from the Department of Meiosis @schuhlab.bsky.social talks about the group’s ovulation research in the new SWR Wissen video (in German)! Why is ovulation research so challenging for scientists? What did the team find out? Watch the video to learn more👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDz-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDz-...
Was ihr noch NICHT über den Eisprung wusstet! | SWR Wissen
YouTube video by SWR Wissen
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🎥 Our research made it into SWR Wissen, with our PhD student @tabeamarx.bsky.social sharing insights.
Definitely worth a watch! (Video in German)
Definitely worth a watch! (Video in German)
Great honor to be nominated as one of the top 10 Falling Walls Foundation Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2025 in the Life Sciences. A big thank you to @ovarylab.bsky.social & @tabeamarx.bsky.social for their outstanding contributions, & to everyone else who helped move this project forward.
Keeping our fingers crossed for you, Melina @schuhlab.bsky.social!
We are thrilled that our director has been nominated for the Falling Walls Foundation Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2025 in the Life Sciences category with her project “Breaking the Wall of Invisible Ovulation”. 🥂
We are thrilled that our director has been nominated for the Falling Walls Foundation Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2025 in the Life Sciences category with her project “Breaking the Wall of Invisible Ovulation”. 🥂
August 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Great honor to be nominated as one of the top 10 Falling Walls Foundation Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2025 in the Life Sciences. A big thank you to @ovarylab.bsky.social & @tabeamarx.bsky.social for their outstanding contributions, & to everyone else who helped move this project forward.
Our fantastic technician Kevin marked his 30th birthday 🎉 and of course, the traditional German „fegen“ (sweeping) ritual was part of the celebration. Cheered on by colleagues, he handled it with humor and a great attitude.
Welcome to your thirties, Kevin! 🧹🎂🥳
Welcome to your thirties, Kevin! 🧹🎂🥳
August 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Our fantastic technician Kevin marked his 30th birthday 🎉 and of course, the traditional German „fegen“ (sweeping) ritual was part of the celebration. Cheered on by colleagues, he handled it with humor and a great attitude.
Welcome to your thirties, Kevin! 🧹🎂🥳
Welcome to your thirties, Kevin! 🧹🎂🥳
This week, Melina gave the Theodor Boveri Award Lecture at the University of Würzburg - the university’s highest honor in #lifesciences. This lecture recognizes outstanding scientists whose work continues Theodor Boveri’s pioneering legacy.
Congratulations to Melina for this well-deserved honor! 🎉
Congratulations to Melina for this well-deserved honor! 🎉
July 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This week, Melina gave the Theodor Boveri Award Lecture at the University of Würzburg - the university’s highest honor in #lifesciences. This lecture recognizes outstanding scientists whose work continues Theodor Boveri’s pioneering legacy.
Congratulations to Melina for this well-deserved honor! 🎉
Congratulations to Melina for this well-deserved honor! 🎉
Our PostDoc @debojitsaha.bsky.social recently attended a @cshlcourses.bsky.social & came back with new techniques and stunning images. This mouse E9.5 embryo, labeled with Raldh2 (red), Fgf8 (green), Msx1 (magenta), DAPI (blue) is just one example. #Fluorescence revealing the magic of development!✨
July 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Our PostDoc @debojitsaha.bsky.social recently attended a @cshlcourses.bsky.social & came back with new techniques and stunning images. This mouse E9.5 embryo, labeled with Raldh2 (red), Fgf8 (green), Msx1 (magenta), DAPI (blue) is just one example. #Fluorescence revealing the magic of development!✨
Reposted by Schuh Lab
The startup Ovo Labs aims to make fertility treatments more effective by improving the quality of human egg cells. More about the MPI-NAT spin-off by our Director Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social, Agatha Zielinska, & Oleksandr Yagensky, in our INSIDE NAT article:👇
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5029307/INSI...
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5029307/INSI...
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The startup Ovo Labs aims to make fertility treatments more effective by improving the quality of human egg cells. More about the MPI-NAT spin-off by our Director Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social, Agatha Zielinska, & Oleksandr Yagensky, in our INSIDE NAT article:👇
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5029307/INSI...
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5029307/INSI...
What an inspiring #NachtdesWissens @ndw-goe.bsky.social in Göttingen! Thanks to our amazing team, who made our research on oocytes 🥚 fun and accessible for everyone. Great to see so many #curiousminds exploring our science up close and joining in creative activities! 🖍️🧑🔬
June 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
What an inspiring #NachtdesWissens @ndw-goe.bsky.social in Göttingen! Thanks to our amazing team, who made our research on oocytes 🥚 fun and accessible for everyone. Great to see so many #curiousminds exploring our science up close and joining in creative activities! 🖍️🧑🔬
Great to be part of this year's #NachtdesWissens in Göttingen 🎉!
Come visit us to explore oocyte research, try your hand at creative activities, and experience #science up close 🔬🧬
Come visit us to explore oocyte research, try your hand at creative activities, and experience #science up close 🔬🧬
🦉✨ Endlich ist es so weit - unser komplettes Programm ist online: s.gwdg.de/BpX7pg
❗ ✍️ Ihr könnt das Programm auf unserer Seite nach Zeit und Ort sortieren und einzelne Angebote nach Anmeldung in "Meine Nacht" speichern.
❗ ✍️ Ihr könnt das Programm auf unserer Seite nach Zeit und Ort sortieren und einzelne Angebote nach Anmeldung in "Meine Nacht" speichern.
June 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Great to be part of this year's #NachtdesWissens in Göttingen 🎉!
Come visit us to explore oocyte research, try your hand at creative activities, and experience #science up close 🔬🧬
Come visit us to explore oocyte research, try your hand at creative activities, and experience #science up close 🔬🧬
It was great having Mariia @schuhlab for her lab rotation within the IMPRS Molecular Biology Master Program. She presented her project, supervised by @ninaschweizer.bsky.social, in our large seminar room.
Congratulations on sucessfully finishing - well done! 🎉
#researchtogether #posterpresentation
Congratulations on sucessfully finishing - well done! 🎉
#researchtogether #posterpresentation
May 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It was great having Mariia @schuhlab for her lab rotation within the IMPRS Molecular Biology Master Program. She presented her project, supervised by @ninaschweizer.bsky.social, in our large seminar room.
Congratulations on sucessfully finishing - well done! 🎉
#researchtogether #posterpresentation
Congratulations on sucessfully finishing - well done! 🎉
#researchtogether #posterpresentation
We had the pleasure of welcoming RTG2756 PhD students from @unigoettingen.bsky.social to our lab for a hands-on methods course. Great vibes, curious minds, and lots of good science – we truly enjoyed having you with us! 🧪🔬 #PhDLife #ScienceTogether
www.uni-goettingen.de/rtg2756
www.uni-goettingen.de/rtg2756
May 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We had the pleasure of welcoming RTG2756 PhD students from @unigoettingen.bsky.social to our lab for a hands-on methods course. Great vibes, curious minds, and lots of good science – we truly enjoyed having you with us! 🧪🔬 #PhDLife #ScienceTogether
www.uni-goettingen.de/rtg2756
www.uni-goettingen.de/rtg2756
Our PhD student @tabeamarx.bsky.social is featured in the latest podcast episode of Forschungsquartett by detektorfm! She takes us behind the scenes of filming ovulation for the first time.💥
🎧 Grab your headphones & enjoy the story: www.mpg.de/24692341/neu...
(🎙️#Podcast in German)
🎧 Grab your headphones & enjoy the story: www.mpg.de/24692341/neu...
(🎙️#Podcast in German)
Neue Erkenntnisse über den Eisprung
Einem Forschungsteam ist es erstmals gelungen, den gesamten Prozess des Eisprungs in Follikeln einer Maus zu filmen. Was bedeutet das für die Fruchtbarkeitsforschung? Ein Podcast mit Tabea Marx vom Ma...
www.mpg.de
May 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Our PhD student @tabeamarx.bsky.social is featured in the latest podcast episode of Forschungsquartett by detektorfm! She takes us behind the scenes of filming ovulation for the first time.💥
🎧 Grab your headphones & enjoy the story: www.mpg.de/24692341/neu...
(🎙️#Podcast in German)
🎧 Grab your headphones & enjoy the story: www.mpg.de/24692341/neu...
(🎙️#Podcast in German)
New face in the lab! 😊
We're excited to welcome @palmrinmoy.bsky.social as a new postdoc in the Schuh Lab 🎉He completed his PhD in the Torres-Padilla lab @www.helmholtz-munich.de, studying early embryonic development. Now, he'll investigate long-lived proteins in oocytes. Great to have you here!
We're excited to welcome @palmrinmoy.bsky.social as a new postdoc in the Schuh Lab 🎉He completed his PhD in the Torres-Padilla lab @www.helmholtz-munich.de, studying early embryonic development. Now, he'll investigate long-lived proteins in oocytes. Great to have you here!
May 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
New face in the lab! 😊
We're excited to welcome @palmrinmoy.bsky.social as a new postdoc in the Schuh Lab 🎉He completed his PhD in the Torres-Padilla lab @www.helmholtz-munich.de, studying early embryonic development. Now, he'll investigate long-lived proteins in oocytes. Great to have you here!
We're excited to welcome @palmrinmoy.bsky.social as a new postdoc in the Schuh Lab 🎉He completed his PhD in the Torres-Padilla lab @www.helmholtz-munich.de, studying early embryonic development. Now, he'll investigate long-lived proteins in oocytes. Great to have you here!
We’re proud to announce #OvoLabs, co-founded by Melina
@schuhlab.bsky.social, Agata Zielinska, and Oleksandr Yagensky. Building on decades of meiosis research, Ovo Labs aims to pioneer novel therapies to overcome the challenges of age-related infertility.
@schuhlab.bsky.social, Agata Zielinska, and Oleksandr Yagensky. Building on decades of meiosis research, Ovo Labs aims to pioneer novel therapies to overcome the challenges of age-related infertility.
More hope for pregnancy: The start-up #OvoLabs develops drugs to improve egg quality & success of fertility treatments. For this, the company founded by Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social, Agata Zielinska, & Oleksandr Yagensky secures £4 million in start-up capital.
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5006185/pr_2...
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5006185/pr_2...
April 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We’re proud to announce #OvoLabs, co-founded by Melina
@schuhlab.bsky.social, Agata Zielinska, and Oleksandr Yagensky. Building on decades of meiosis research, Ovo Labs aims to pioneer novel therapies to overcome the challenges of age-related infertility.
@schuhlab.bsky.social, Agata Zielinska, and Oleksandr Yagensky. Building on decades of meiosis research, Ovo Labs aims to pioneer novel therapies to overcome the challenges of age-related infertility.
Looking back at #Zukunftstag2025, we’re still inspired by the curiosity & enthusiasm of the students! 🔬✨ From pipetting skills to microscopy & liquid nitrogen fun, it was an unforgettable day in the world of science. Thanks to all participants!🌟 #FutureScientists
April 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Looking back at #Zukunftstag2025, we’re still inspired by the curiosity & enthusiasm of the students! 🔬✨ From pipetting skills to microscopy & liquid nitrogen fun, it was an unforgettable day in the world of science. Thanks to all participants!🌟 #FutureScientists