Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications
The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Institute is home to 37 Principal Investigators, more than 400+ scientists and 10 Core labs.
Dan and Duncan Neurological Institute also house the Gordon and Mary Cain Pediatric Neurology Research Foundation Laboratories which are focused on epilepsy research and Baylor College's of Medicine's Center for Drug Discovery which is aimed at quick identification and advancement of small molecules to clinical trials.
Since inception, more than 1700 scientific studies have been published, and more than 85 disease-causing genetic mutations have been discovered or co-discovered by our scientists. There are currently 6 active clinical trials and studies.
Submissions from 2026
Sex-Specific Differences in Mediobasal Hypothalamus in Response to Nutritional States, Jonathan C Bean, Jinjing Jian, Tzu-Chiao Lu, et al.
Rare Heterozygous De Novo Variants in RAPGEF2 Are Associated With a Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Ali H Bereshneh, Kirkland A Wilson, Xueyang Pan, et al.
Rare Heterozygous Missense Variants in VSX2 Are Associated With Retinal Detachment, Daniel C Brock, Justin S Dhindsa, Yifan Chen, et al.
Glutamatergic Projection Neurons in the Basal Forebrain Underlie Learned Olfactory Associational Valence Assignments, Pey-Shyuan Chin, Zhuokun Ding, Mikhail Kochukov, et al.
Misregulated Alternative Splicing in Endometriosis: A Role for Aberrant mRNA Variants in Endometriotic Cell Growth, Venkata Naga Goutham Davuluri, Michelle Dias, Roxanna Llinas, et al.
RNAi-Based Screen for Pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster Reveals Regulators of Brain Dopamine and Sleep, Samantha L Deal, Danqing Bei, Shelley B Gibson, et al.
Limosilactobacillus reuteri Alleviates Proinflammatory T-Cell-Mediated Liver Injury and Transcriptomic Changes in Immunocompromised Mice, Ana Fadhel Alvarez, Zheng Yin, Beanna Okeugo, et al.
Two Lysosomal Genes ATP13A2 and GBA1 Interact To Drive Neurodegeneration, Mingxue Gu, Jinghan Zhao, Mingxi Deng, et al.
Refining Aicardi Syndrome Diagnostic Criteria: An Expert-Based Consensus Using a Modified Delphi Approach, Silvia Masnada, Valentina De Giorgis, Umberto Carugo, et al.
Cerebellar Deep Brain Stimulation Rescues Purkinje Cell Mitochondrial Density in a Genetic Mouse Model of Cerebellar Ataxia, Lauren N Miterko-Myers, Lauren E Peacoe, Lita Duraine, et al.
Integration of Cross-Species Multi-Omics With In Vivo Experimental Validation Identifies Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutic Targets and Novel Risk Factors Within Endolysosomal Pathway Subnetworks, Justin Moore, Leo Rao, Sara Garcia-Bellido, et al.
3'UTR Mapping Reveals Alternative Polyadenylation in Right Ventricular Failure, Rahul Neupane, Kartiga Natarajan, Erik E Suarez, et al.
PD-L1 Positivity Predicts a Unique Hyperaggressive Tumor Group Within MenG C Meningiomas, Vijay Nitturi, Shervin Hosseingholi Nouri, Collin English, et al.
Population-Scale Sequencing Resolves Determinants of Persistent EBV DNA, Sherry S Nyeo, Erin M Cumming, Oliver S Burren, et al.
The Filamentous Ultrastructure of the PopZ Condensate Is Required for Its Cellular Function, Daniel Scholl, Tumara Boyd, Andrew P Latham, et al.
Alternative Polyadenylation Signatures Distinguish Maladaptive Right Ventricular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension: Implications for RNA-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Janani Subramaniam, Venkata Jonnakuti, Scott D Collum, et al.
Using the Linear References From the Pangenome To Discover Missing Autism Variants, Yang Sui, Jiadong Lin, Michelle D Noyes, et al.
Senolytic-Resistant Senescent Cells Have a Distinct SASP Profile and Functional Impact: The Path to Developing Senosensitizers, Utkarsh Tripathi, Masayoshi Suda, Vagisha Kulshreshtha, et al.
Pathogenesis of Polyglutamine Diseases: Piecing Together a Complex Molecular Puzzle, Esmeralda Villavicencio Gonzalez and Huda Y Zoghbi
Evaluating the Utility of RNAseq in Prenatal Diagnostics: Expression Profiles of Cultured Chorionic Villus and Amniotic Fluid Samples, Maria C Vladoiu, Sen Zhao, Roni Zemet, et al.
TEAD-Independent Mechanisms of YAP Function in Cardiomyocyte Cell Cycle Reentry, Bing Xie, Jeffrey Steimle, Vaibhav Deshmukh, et al.
Non-Synaptic Function and Localization of Syntaxin-Binding Protein 1 in a Mouse Model of STXBP1-Related Epileptic Encephalopathy, Tao Yang, Rajat Banerjee, Yamei Deng, et al.
Submissions from 2025
Injectable Microparticle-Nanoliposome Hydrogel for Extended Release of Small Hydrophilic Molecules, Gil Aizik, Wonmin Choi, Claire A Ostertag-Hill, et al.
ATG Conjugation-Dependent/Independent Mechanisms Underlie Lysosomal Stress-Induced TFEB Regulation, Shiori Akayama, Takayuki Shima, Tatsuya Kaminishi, et al.
Current Practices in the Study of Biomolecular Acondensates: A Community Comment, Simon Alberti, Paolo Arosio, Robert B Best, et al.