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The German Scientist Making Ovulation Visible | Falling Walls Science Summit, 6–9 Nov 2025, Berlin

It started with a blurry photo: the first accidental picture of human ovulation, taken during surgery in 2008. For Melina Schuh, today Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, this was the spark for a research journey that now has the potential to reshape fertility science.

Her team has built the first live-imaging platform that makes the invisible visible: ovulation in real time, at the cellular level. By showing how follicles autonomously orchestrate egg release, Schuh’s breakthrough points to new molecular targets for fertility treatments and non-hormonal contraceptives. Read more.

On 9 November in Berlin, she will be honoured as a Science Breakthrough of the Year and present her work to an international audience at the Falling Walls Science Summit — a gathering that brings together the elites of global science.

Interviews with Melina Schuh can be arranged on request. Please contact press@falling-walls.com.

Press accreditation to the Science Summit is free of charge. Please contact press@falling-walls.com.

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