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.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mzkh3gq4ic2dA week in the classroom! As part of "Max Planck goes to school", we visited four classes last week. Meiosis was on the timetable. We were excited to teach about chromosomes 🧬 and oocytes 🥚, and share some insights into our research! 🔬05 Nov 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzkh3gq4ic2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mzfcaenw4s2oOur PostDoc @palmrinmoy.bsky.social has officially received the Elisabeth Gateff Prize for his outstanding dissertation! 🎉 He celebrated this special occasion with the prize’s founder, Prof. Elisabeth Gateff. Congratulations again, Mrinmoy, on this well-deserved recognition!👏03 Nov 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzfcaenw4s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mywotey6o22xChromosome errors in human eggs are a major cause of age-related infertility. Our lab has studied why they occur and developed promising approaches to reduce them. Great to see this work and its translation at Ovo Labs featured in The Economist. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/10/26/treatments-for-age-related-infertility-are-being-developed-at-last (behind paywall)28 Oct 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywotey6o22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3myu3jj4ui226We’re excited to welcome Carmela to the Schuh Lab as our new Postdoc! 🧬 With a background in molecular biology, epigenetics and germline development, she will investigate how epigenetic and cellular changes contribute to ovarian ageing. Welcome to the team, Carmela! 🎉27 Oct 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu3jj4ui226https://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mxgfdujpkk2eA great pleasure to give a keynote at the Germ Cells meeting at @cshlnews.bsky.social. I shared our work on chromosome segregation in mammalian oocytes, how it changes with age, and our efforts to understand and prevent these errors. Very proud of our team & grateful for the great discussions!09 Oct 2026 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxgfdujpkk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mvryewbadc2hYesterday, we welcomed our former postdoc Chun So (Nick) for a talk on oocyte & embryo development @mpi-nat.bsky.social, followed by a roundtable discussion with the lab. Nick, it was great to have you back with us! Thank you, for visiting and sharing your latest work with us! 🧬🙏18 Sep 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvryewbadc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mvkj4qxizj2dHuge congratulations to our PostDoc @palmrinmoy.bsky.social on receiving the Elisabeth Gateff Prize for his outstanding dissertation.🎉 His talk, “How DNA Self-Organizes in the Early Embryo,” and the award ceremony will be streamed online on 22 October at 3 pm! 🎥 https://www.gfgenetik.de/en/news/detailseite/dr-mrinmoy-pal-receives-this-years-elisabeth-gateff-prize/44/15 Sep 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkj4qxizj2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3muyuqkrjzs2zA few days away from the lab, time together, plenty of opportunities to learn from each other – that was our #labretreat at Harnack Haus in Berlin. We shared knowledge during our “Teach Us Something” talks, deepended our statistics skills and explored science history in Dahlem.💡08 Sep 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyuqkrjzs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3msx4evkxms2nWhy does female fertility decline with age – could we one day do something about it? Delighted to contribute to the new @artede.bsky.social documentary “Stecken wir in einer Eizellen-Krise?” featuring our research on why chromosomes become unstable in ageing eggs - and how to keep them stable.13 Aug 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx4evkxms2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mreqzayjjk2wGreat news from our lab: Congratulations to Marios & @debojitsaha.bsky.social on receiving the 2025/26 Campus Seminar Awards at @mpi-nat.bsky.social! Marios was recognised in the PhD category, Debojit in the Postdoc category. Delighted to see their excellent research acknowledged — well deserved!👏24 Jul 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mreqzayjjk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mr2qufpx322pFor over two decades, I have studied how eggs develop & why chromosome errors rise with age. My lab & I have explored ways to reduce these errors. A new portrait in @faznet.bsky.social reflects on this journey from fundamental cell biology to potential applications in reproductive medicine. https://www.faz.net/-3bnd5p?share=Clipboard20 Jul 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2qufpx322phttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mqqufftl5k2uLast week, I had the great honour of being formally admitted as a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org & signing its historic Charter Book. Deeply grateful for this recognition of our work. None of this would've been possible without many wonderful lab members, colleagues & collaborators. ✨16 Jul 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqufftl5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mox53q7lg22uCongratulations to our Postdoc @palmrinmoy.bsky.social on receiving the Helmholtz Munich Doctoral Researcher Award 2026 for his outstanding PhD research. We are proud to now have you in our Schuh lab. A well-deserved recognition! 🎉🌟 📷credits: @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social23 Jun 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox53q7lg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mogftx4trs2dWe are glad to see Ovo Labs receive the Max Planck Society Startup Award today. Ovo Labs was founded to translate human oocyte biology research into therapies to improve IVF outcomes. A short film on the journey from basic research to biotech (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIr2YI2-RxE16 Jun 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogftx4trs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mo3hh7jgjk2kGreat publication by our former Postdoc Nick (Chun) So, now PI at NIBS. Congratulations to So Lab and the team! 👏🎉 🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867426006379?via%3Dihub12 Jun 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3hh7jgjk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mnwej2w2622rWhat happens inside human egg cells as they age, and why are errors so common? In the new episode “Ach, Mensch!” of detektor.fm (in German), Melina talks about fertility, ageing egg cells, future fertility treatments and the motivation behind her research. https://detektor.fm/wissen/ach-mensch-melina-schuh10 Jun 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwej2w2622rhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mmt62c4ta22fI am deeply honored to have been elected as a Foreign Member of the @royalsociety.org. 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. https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/5261989/pr_2609?c=445520627 May 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmt62c4ta22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mmgowmkmf222A very special evening at the Rathaus in Schweinfurt, where I officially received the Carus Medal from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. @leopoldina.org22 May 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgowmkmf222https://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mmdrtpftb22kMany congratulations to our PostDoc @palmrinmoy.bsky.social on receiving the Best Poster Award at the @events.embl.org Practical Course “Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy: From Cells to Tissue” last month! 🎉👏 A great achievement — very well deserved!21 May 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdrtpftb22khttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mldgegmll22fGrateful to receive the Pearse Prize from the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social. A big thank you to my amazing team and collaborators — this is truly a shared recognition. 🌟 https://www.rms.org.uk/resource/dr-melina-schuh-to-receive-rms-pearse-prize.html08 May 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldgegmll22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mkplsijmv22uFor #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!30 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkplsijmv22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mhd6p25tqs2vHonored 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. ✨ [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd6p25tqs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mg7tsc2q6k2sThe 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 @spiegel.de interview (in German, paywall) Melina discusses its impact on research today.04 Mar 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7tsc2q6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mfqluxptla2xA warm welcome to Roni, who joined the Schuh lab in December 2025 as a new Postdoc! She completed her PhD in Genetics focusing on the development and aging of #oocytes in C. elegans. Now she‘ll investigate the role of actin in #meiosis. Great to have you with us, Roni 🎉26 Feb 2026 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqluxptla2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mflrzgytqc2vHuge congratulations to Ovo Labs on receiving the Max Planck Startup Award! 🎉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflrzgytqc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mf4yqwkzrc22What does it take to translate fertility research into a biotech company? Agata and Melina joined “Holding on to Unicorns and Rainbows” podcast to tell the story of Ovo Labs. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: (Apple Podcasts) https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/from-science-to-startup-founding-ovo-labs/id1846935043?i=100075000879018 Feb 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4yqwkzrc22https://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mdmxs7vim226The Schuh lab just got a new postdoc—welcome Venus! 🎉 Venus studied telomere regulation in cancer during her PhD and will now explore telomeres in meiosis. Excited to have you on the team, Venus! ✨30 Jan 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdmxs7vim226https://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mcz5jv3gb22q🚀 Our research on human egg quality and #fertility is making headlines worldwide! 🌍 Thanks to @debojitsaha.bsky.social, our co-authors, clinical collaborators, and the patients who made this study possible - and to Ovo Labs for advancing this work. #IVF #womenshealth22 Jan 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcz5jv3gb22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mccerpivlv22Why do women’s eggs deteriorate as they age? 🥚 The @washingtonpost.com reports on this question and features our study on Shugoshin 1. 📰 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/09/ivf-fertility-aging-eggs/13 Jan 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccerpivlv22https://bsky.app/profile/schuhlab.bsky.social/post/3mcbwjw5z2x2xOur 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. 💜 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/09/human-eggs-rejuvenated-in-advance-that-could-boost-ivf-success-rates13 Jan 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:glutqc2dxonksuggslgsobvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcbwjw5z2x2x