Melina Schuh

Melina Schuh is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, and leads the Meiosis department. Her research uncovers causes of age-related fertility decline and meiotic errors in mammalian eggs, developing techniques like Trim-Away protein degradation. She visualized ovulation and revealed spindle formation mechanisms. Schuh is a Leopoldina and EMBO member, Leibniz Prize winner, and co-founder of Ovo Labs, aiming to improve fertility treatments.