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As of January 1st 2025, the Duncan Lab will no longer post on Twitter/X. Please find us on the following platforms: Bluesky: nuduncanlab.bsky.social Facebook: Northwestern Duncan lab

A Northwestern Medicine study in mice, led by Francesca Duncan, MD, uncovered key insights on how to potentially lengthen the healthspan of ovaries. breakthroughsforphysicians.nm.org/obgyn-research…

Members of the Duncan Lab enjoyed celebrating Halloween and Diwali together and with their families!

The Duncan Lab's collaborative work with Dr. Jeffrey Savas and Dr. Ewa Bomba-Warczak @bomba_ewa on extremely long lived proteins in the ovary and oocyte has been published in ELife: elifesciences.org/articles/93172 & featured in PNAS Front Matter: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Check out this new #BehindthePaper where Emily Zaniker discusses processes that occur during follicle rupture. Ovulation in a dish 👀 #WomensHealth #infertility @NUDuncanLab @NUFeinbergMed tinyurl.com/3kfr6ufc

Molecular profiling of ex vivo ovarian follicles reveals key asymmetric pathways that underlie follicle rupture and luteinization during ovulation @NUDuncanLab @GoodsBrittany @shaleklab @shuoxiao118 doi.org/10.1038/s42003…

Francesca Duncan, MD (@NUDuncanLab), discusses a recent Northwestern Medicine study on mice that has discovered a novel way to lengthen the #lifespan of the #ovaries. Dr. Duncan also provides #ThoughtLeadership on the importance of adapting treatment standards for #menopause. news-medical.net/news/20240917/…

Check out our most recent work published in Communications Biology on harnessing the power of an ex vivo ovulation model to define the molecular mechanisms of follicle rupture. nature.com/articles/s4200… Congratulations Emily Zaniker and team!

Very grateful for this opportunity, or dream that came true I should say, to present at @ASRM_org Very grateful for the guidance of my mentors and colleagues! I learned a lot this past year, and my leaning will never end! Excited for the future findings of our study!

Part of the Ovarian Shear Wave Elastography team attended the @ASRM_org meeting. Dr. Tomiris Atazhanova gave a talk on our work supported by @GCRLE1 on: "Assessment of human ovarian stiffness using Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) as a non-invasive biomarker of reproductive aging."

Members of the Duncan Lab attended the 2nd annual Upper Midwest Summit for Reproductive Science on October 14th, 2024, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read the full list of presentations: labs.feinberg.northwestern.edu/duncan/news/in…

The Williams-Duncan-Amargant i Riera saga at the Upper Midwest Summit for Reproductive Science! Grateful for this powerful, kind, and inspiring scientific family! @WilliamsRepro @NUDuncanLab @WashU_OBGYN 🥰❤️

Francesca Duncan, PhD, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, joins @LisaDentSpeaks to discuss a recent @NUDuncanLab study on how #menopause can be delayed and how #OvarianFunction may be extended to support longer lives. wgnradio.com/health/a-treat…

Francesca E. Duncan, PhD, discusses a recent study she led that examined the potential to prevent #fibrosis of the #ovaries at a young age. @NUDuncanLab wgntv.com/news/medical-w…

Our recent work published in Geroscience demonstrating the value of modulating the ovarian microenvironment to promote reproductive longevity was featured on WGN TV Medical Watch! This research was led by @FarnersRiera when she was a postdoc in the lab. wgntv.com/news/medical-w…

The Duncan Lab wishes everyone a happy start to the new academic year!

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Francesca Duncan, MD, discusses a recent Northwestern Medicine study on mice that has discovered a novel way to lengthen the #lifespan of the #ovaries. Dr. Duncan also provides #ThoughtLeadership on the importance of adapting treatment standards for #menopause. news-medical.net/news/20240917/…

"The average age of menopause has stayed constant over the years, but women are living decades longer than that because of health and medical advances." Francesca Duncan, MD, discusses recent Northwestern Medicine research that identified a new #treatment to extend #OvarianFunction in mice. Learn more: sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/…