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Honored to receive the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year 2025 (Life Sciences)! 🧬
With Tabea Lilian Marx, Christopher Thomas & our team, we filmed ovulation in real time — a dream come true.
👉 mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_251…
#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25
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Great publication by our former Postdoc Nick (Chun) So, now PI at NIBS.
Congratulations to So Lab @SpermnOocyte and the team! 🥳
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Why 50% of human fertilized eggs fail to complete pre-implantation development?
Latest work from my lab in @CellCellPress now clarifies the two causes that contribute to the low efficiency of early human embryos and provides one of the solutions. (1/7)
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What happens inside human egg cells as they age, and why are errors so common?
In the new episode “Ach, Mensch!” of @detektorfm (in German), Melina talks about fertility, ageing egg cells, future fertility treatments and the motivation behind her research.
detektor.fm/wissen/ach-mensc…
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I am deeply honored to have been elected as a Foreign Member of the @royalsociety.
Very grateful to all members of the lab, past & present. Their curiosity & commitment to science shaped the work in countless ways. It's been a privilege to work with them.
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Many congratulations to our PostDoc @palmrinmoy on receiving the Best Poster Award at the @EMBLEvents Practical Course “Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy: From Cells to Tissue” last month! 🎉👏
A great achievement — very well deserved!
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Grateful to receive the Pearse Prize from the @RoyalMicroSoc.
A big thank you to my amazing team and collaborators — this is truly a shared recognition. 🌟
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For #FutureDay2026, we welcomed 5th & 6th graders for a hands-on day exploring science up close. They got a first look at lab work, from observing #egg cells under the microscope to pipetting and liquid nitrogen experiments 🔬🥼.
A small step into the world of research!
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Honored to receive the Carus Medal from the German National Academy of Sciences @Leopoldina.
Very grateful to my lab and all collaborators - this recognition belongs to all of us. ✨
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The German Embryo Protection Act (1990) sets the legal framework for research involving human embryos, adapted long before much of today’s knowledge of human development was available.
In a @derspiegel interview (in German, paywall) Melina discusses its impact on research today.
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Read the full Der SPIEGEL article on Germany’s Embryo Protection Act: spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medi…
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Huge congratulations to @OvoLabsGmbH on receiving the Max Planck Startup Award! 🎉
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What does it take to translate fertility research into a biotech company?
@MissMeiosis and Melina joined "Holding on to Unicorns and Rainbows" podcast to tell the story behind @OvoLabsGmbH.
🎧 Listen to the full episode:
(Apple Podcasts) podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcas…
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The Schuh lab just got a new postdoc—welcome @venus_gaela! 🎉
Venus studied telomere regulation in cancer during her PhD and will now explore telomeres in meiosis.
Excited to have you on the team, Venus! ✨
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🚀 Our research on human egg quality and #fertility is making headlines worldwide! 🌍
Thanks to @Debojit_Saha03, our co-authors, clinical collaborators, and the patients who made this study possible - and to Ovo Labs for advancing this work.
#IVF #womenshealth
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Following up on the previously shared links, here are some major articles from respected newspapers:
The Times: thetimes.com/uk/science/arti…
Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/n…
The Guardian: theguardian.com/science/2026…
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find some articles here:
📰Reuters: reuters.com/business/healthc…
📰Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/health/20…
📰The Chosun Daily: chosun.com/english/industry-…
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Why do women’s eggs deteriorate as they age? 🥚
The @washingtonpost reports on this question and features our study on Shugoshin 1.
📰 washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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