Hybrid Monday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller community)
Monday, March 2, 2026
Svetlana Mojsov, Ph.D.
Lulu Chow Wang and Robin Chemers Neustein Research Associate Professor, The Rockefeller University
GLP-1: From a Putative Peptide to Effective Medicines for Diabetes and Obesity
Recommended Readings:
Mojsov, Svetlana. “Discovery of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 and Its Biological Activity.” JAMA 334.13 (2025): 1200-1201.
Mojsov, Svetlana. “Chemistry matters—from a putative peptide to effective treatments for diabetes and obesity: 2024 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.” JAMA 332.20 (2024): 1695-1696.
Mojsov, Svetlana. “Structural requirements for biological activity of glucagon‐like peptide‐I.” International journal of peptide and protein research 40.3‐4 (1992): 333-343.
Drucker, Daniel J., et al. “Glucagon-like peptide I stimulates insulin gene expression and increases cyclic AMP levels in a rat islet cell line.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 84.10 (1987): 3434-3438.
Mojsov, Svetlana, Gordon C. Weir, and Joel F. Habener. “Insulinotropin: glucagon-like peptide I (7-37) co-encoded in the glucagon gene is a potent stimulator of insulin release in the perfused rat pancreas.” The Journal of clinical investigation 79.2 (1987): 616-619.
