Leighton Duncan


BS, Southern Connecticut State University; MA, Central Connecticut State University

Blackshaw Lab

2027

Associated BCMB Faculty Member(s)

Name Lab Website
Seth Blackshaw Lab website

Publications

  • Chandler PW, Lee SS, Duncan LH, Kim DW, Wu MN, Blackshaw S., 2025, Sleep pressure is differentially regulated by molecularly distinct subtypes of Lhx6-positive and Lhx6-negative neurons of the zona incerta, bioRxiv [Preprint], 2025.07.30.667705. doi: 10.1101/2025.07.30.667705. PMCID: PMC12324396  PubMed
  • Kim DW, Duncan LH, Xu J, Chang M, Sørensen SS, Terrillion CE, Kanold PO, Place E, Blackshaw S., 2025, Decoding Gene Networks Controlling Hypothalamic and Prethalamic Neuron Development, bioRxiv [Preprint], 2025.01.10.632449. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.10.632449. PMCID: PMC11741371  PubMed
  • Santiago CP, Gimmen MY, Lu Y, McNally MM, Duncan LH, Creamer TJ, Orzolek LD, Blackshaw S, Singh MS., 2023, Comparative Analysis of Single-cell and Single-nucleus RNA-sequencing in a Rabbit Model of Retinal Detachment-related Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy, Ophthalmol Sci., 3(4):100335. doi: 10.1016/j.xops.2023.100335. PMCID: PMC10365955  PubMed
  • Ling JP, Bygrave AM, Santiago CP, Carmen-Orozco RP, Trinh VT, Yu M, Li Y, Liu Y, Bowden KD, Duncan LH, Han J, Taneja K, Dongmo R, Babola TA, Parker P, Jiang L, Leavey PJ, Smith JJ, Vistein R, Gimmen MY, Dubner B, Helmenstine E, Teodorescu P, Karantanos T, Ghiaur G, Kanold PO, Bergles D, Langmead B, Sun S, Nielsen KJ, Peachey N, Singh MS, Dalton WB, Rajaii F, Huganir RL, Blackshaw S., 2022, Cell-specific regulation of gene expression using splicing-dependent frameshifting, Nat Commun., 2022 Oct 1;13(1):5773. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33523-2. PMCID: PMC9526712  PubMed
  • Guy B, Zhang JS, Duncan LH, Johnston RJ Jr., 2021, Human neural organoids: Models for developmental neurobiology and disease, Dev Biol., 478:102-121. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.06.012. PMCID: PMC8364509  PubMed
  • Yoo S, Kim J, Lyu P, Hoang TV, Ma A, Trinh V, Dai W, Jiang L, Leavey P, Duncan L, Won JK, Park SH, Qian J, Brown SP, Blackshaw S., 2021, Control of neurogenic competence in mammalian hypothalamic tanycytes, Sci Adv., 7(22):eabg3777. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg3777. PMCID: PMC8163082  PubMed

Awards and Distinctions

  • 2023 Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award
  • 2022 NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship