Hybrid Monday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller community)
Monday, September 28, 2026
Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Leptin: From the Regulation of Feeding to the Response to Cancer
Recommended Readings:
Sainsbury, Amanda, Gregory J. Cooney, and Herbert Herzog. “Hypothalamic regulation of energy homeostasis.” Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 16.4 (2002): 623-637.
Tan, Bowen, et al. “A cellular and molecular basis of leptin resistance.” Cell Metabolism 37.3 (2025): 723-741.
Friedman, Jeffrey M. “On the causes of obesity and its treatment: The end of the beginning.” Cell metabolism 37.3 (2025): 570-577.
Tan, Han L., et al. “Leptin-activated hypothalamic BNC2 neurons acutely suppress food intake.” Nature 636.8041 (2024): 198-205.
Friedman, Jeffrey M. “Leptin and the endocrine control of energy balance.” Nature metabolism 1.8 (2019): 754-764.
