Marta de Ruijter-Villani
@MartadeRuijter
enlightening chromosome instability in oocytes and embryos. diversity & inclusion advocate
‼️ we have a position open for a PhD/clinical embryologist to study the origin and consequences of post-zygotic aneuploidy in mammalian embryos and work in our busy equine embryo lab ‼️ please share ‼️ uu.nl/en/organisatio…
How do embryos ensure precise tissue patterning? It’s all about timing cell divisions! Our new preprint reveals how cell proliferation syncs with signalling oscillations to regulate precision of somite formation and growth. Check the full story: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
I made Xmas cookies for the lab…may your 2025 be full of exciting (embryo) development 😉 !

Join us in Stresa, Italy for the amazing @embo Chromosome Segregation and Aneuploidy organized by @SteSantaguida @ELogarinho @BenDavidLab @Foijer_lab @McclellandLab and myself. Registrations are open now! meetings.embo.org/event/25-aneup…
It is time to ask for a Xmas present to your PI! Register to this amazing EMBO aneuploidy meeting that will be held on a beautiful lake close to Milan in Italy on the 27 of April!
Join us in Stresa, Italy for the amazing @embo Chromosome Segregation and Aneuploidy organized by @SteSantaguida @ELogarinho @BenDavidLab @Foijer_lab @McclellandLab and myself. Registrations are open now! meetings.embo.org/event/25-aneup…
Great work @MasoudZamaniE ! 🤩congratulations 👏👏
Delighted that our flagship paper led by @essers_rick on early pregnancy loss is now live in @NatureMedicine nature.com/articles/s4159… An inter-national/-disciplinary endeavour of fantastic collaborators from @GROW_UM, @MaastrichtUMC, @MaastrichtU, @karolinskainst & @unitartu
🫣🫣🫣😓🤯 horrific indeed!!😱
Do you do oocyte or embryo culture in media drops under oil like this (like we do)? Do you sometimes use inhibitors? Then read this NEW PREPRINT from @UMontreal @CRCHUM EGGLAB where we describe an horrific artefact. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Congratulations Adele!!🥳
🏅Thrilled to announce that Prof Adele Marston @Marston_lab, has been awarded the 2024 Mary Lyon Medal. This award recognises outstanding research in genetics to scientists who are in the middle of their research career. @uniofedinburgh genetics.org.uk/8-november-202…
Are you interested in #ExtracellularVesicles and antiviral immune responses? We are recruiting a #PhD candidate to participate in our enthusiastic team of EV researchers! PM me or check the ad on LinkedIn.
3 years founded post-doctoral position to study the impact of cytoskeletal elements on gene expression in mouse oocytes. Interested in science at the interface between cell biology, computational biology and bio-physics?.. do not hesitate to contact me @MHVerlhac, @CirbCdf !!
👇🏻Great PhD opportunity in a fantastic group! 😍 #sperm #fertility #structuralbiology
Fully funded 4 years PhD positions are now available in my group. If you are interested in sperm biology and enjoy molecular imaging join my team! uu.nl/en/organisatio…
I am honoured to be awarded an #ERCCoG Thank you @ERC_Research and everyone that helped me on the way I guess ‘PREPARE PREPARE PREPARE PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE’ does help!
📢 The results of the 2022 ERC Consolidator Grant competition are out: €657 million for 321 researchers. Who has been offered funding? What topics they will investigate? Where will they do their research? Discover the details ➡️ bit.ly/ERCCoG2022Resu… 🇪🇺#EUfunded #ERCCoG
Congratulations @BinyamMogessie 🥳
Sharing with y’all exciting findings from our lab defining a new role of F-actin in limiting aneuploidy that arises during female reproductive aging - spearheaded by @Sam__Dunkley, a fantastic PhD student who successfully defended his thesis 3 days ago🥳 tinyurl.com/5n7c87jx
Over 3 years ago we started to ask whether the mechanisms we have been studying in yeast meiosis are relevant in human fertility. Our first preprint shows that pericentromeric cohesion protection in the oocyte declines with material age. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…
"Het percentage van merries dat drachtig wordt na plaatsing van een embryo, is bij ons een van de hoogste ter wereld", zegt Anthony Claes. Hij zoekt met @MartadeRuijter naar oplossingen voor de problemen bij kunstmatige bevruchting bij paarden én mensen: bit.ly/3Xhwp65