Lectures and seminars Nicholson Lecture 2026
GLP-1: From a Putative Peptide to Effective Medicines for Diabetes and Obesity
This year’s Nicholson Lecture at Karolinska Institutet will be delivered by Svetlana Mojsov, PhD, Lulu Chow Wang and Robin Chemers Neustein Research Associate Professor at Rockefeller University.
Svetlana Mojsov is a biochemist whose research has been pivotal to the development of widely used treatments for diabetes and obesity. Her work focuses on how peptides and small proteins regulate physiological processes in health and disease.
With her expertise in peptide chemistry and peptide synthesis, Mojsov played a central role in the discovery and characterization of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), an incretin hormone produced in the gut that plays a key role in insulin secretion and glucose metabolism. Her contributions laid the scientific foundation for GLP-1–based therapies, which have transformed the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
The lecture will be followed by a reception. Registration is required; please see the link below to register.