Recent Peptide Publications

APS 2027 Boston - Peptide Revolution: Connecting Chemistry, Biology, and Beyond - June 20-24
Mapping Hidden Enzymes

Mapping Hidden Enzymes

Wang Lab

Apr 28, 2026
Linkers Shape Collagen

Linkers Shape Collagen

Merg Lab

Apr 28, 2026
Cornering RhoA G17V

Cornering RhoA G17V

Liu-Hampton Lab

Apr 24, 2026
Peptides on Demand

Peptides on Demand

Chatterjee Lab

Apr 24, 2026
Function-First Macrocycles

Function-First Macrocycles

Suga Lab

Apr 20, 2026
Lighting Up Oligomers

Lighting Up Oligomers

Tonali Lab

Apr 15, 2026
Stabilizing Pseudouridimycin

Stabilizing Pseudouridimycin

Del Valle Group

Apr 15, 2026
Beyond the Membrane

Beyond the Membrane

Marcotte Lab

Apr 15, 2026
Activating Dehydroalanine

Activating Dehydroalanine

Liu and Wang Groups

Apr 14, 2026
Backbone Sensitivity

Backbone Sensitivity

Cate & Schepartz Groups

Apr 14, 2026
Leaderless Death Caps

Leaderless Death Caps

Pringle, Keller, & Drott Labs

Apr 13, 2026
Bismuth Bicycles

Bismuth Bicycles

Spring Group & Bicycle Therapeutics

Apr 13, 2026

Peptide Pioneers

Celebrating new faculty launching independent peptide research.

Andrew Brennan

Assistant Professor
Brennan Lab, University of Bath

Andy Brennan's path through peptide science reads like a tour of the UK's leading protein chemistry groups, each stop adding new tools to his repertoire. His introduction to peptides began during his undergraduate studies at the University of Bristol in the laboratory of Dek Woolfson, where he explored coiled-coil helical …

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Andrew Brennan

Student Spotlight

Highlighting outstanding graduate students shaping the future of peptide science.

Cecilie Jorgensen

Fourth-Year Ph.D. Candidate
Louise Walport Group, Imperial College London and Francis Crick Institute

Cecilie Mia Jørgensen came to her Ph.D. program at Imperial College London by way of Novo Nordisk, where a high school GLP-1 project quietly set her course. Now finishing her doctorate in the Walport Lab, she has developed a single-round mRNA display method that converts hit peptides into efficient photo-crosslinking probes, work she recently applied …

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Cecilie Jorgensen

Global Peptide Groups

Featuring Internationally Notable Peptide Science Research Groups.

The Kiessling Lab

Laura L. Kiessling · MIT

Led by Professor Laura Kiessling at MIT, the Kiessling lab has a passion for carbohydrates — the biomolecules coating every cell on Earth. This coat, termed the glycocalyx, serves as a critical conduit of information. Using chemical biology, the Kiessling lab interrogates ways in which the glycocalyx enables microbes to …

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The Kiessling Lab

Peptide Postdocs

Recognizing postdoctoral researchers advancing peptide science.

Danielle Morgan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MacMillan Group, Princeton University

Danielle Morgan had just submitted her Ph.D. thesis at the University of Glasgow when she boarded a flight to Whistler for the 27th American Peptide Symposium in June 2022. The airline lost her luggage. With a flash talk scheduled for the first morning, she dashed to local shops and found …

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Danielle Morgan

Peptide News

The latest from the peptide science community.

Svetlana Mojsov Awarded 2026 King Faisal Prize

Svetlana Mojsov Awarded 2026 King Faisal Prize

APS member Svetlana Mojsov, a biochemist at The Rockefeller University, has received the 2026 King Faisal Prize in Medicine for the foundational chemistry that made today's GLP-1 therapies possible. Her work in the 1970s and 1980s at Rockefeller and Massachusetts General Hospital identified the biologically active form of glucagon-like peptide-1 and laid the groundwork for blockbuster metabolic medicines including Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus. Presented in Riyadh on April 15, the prize joins a recent cascade of honors recognizing her long-overdue place in the GLP-1 story.

Apr 24, 2026

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GLP-1 Medicines Expand Into New Disease Territory

GLP-1 Medicines Expand Into New Disease Territory

APS member Richard DiMarchi, Distinguished Professor at Indiana University and pioneer of GLP-1 multiagonist chemistry, is prominently featured in a major New York Times opinion essay on the expanding therapeutic frontier of GLP-1 medicines. The piece explores how a drug class originally developed for diabetes is now being used, and studied, for conditions ranging from traumatic brain injury to addiction to autoimmune disease.

Apr 16, 2026

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Victor Hruby Symposium

Victor Hruby Symposium

The American Peptide Society invites all members and colleagues to attend the Victor J. Hruby Symposium, May 21–22, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. This landmark event honors Victor, founding APS President and one of the most influential figures in modern peptide chemistry. Over more than five decades, His discoveries have shaped our understanding of peptide structure, signaling, and drug design, while his mentorship has inspired generations of scientists worldwide. Join us in celebrating his extraordinary legacy and the future of peptide innovation.

Apr 9, 2026

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Peptide Materials Gordon Research Conference

Peptide Materials Gordon Research Conference

The Gordon Research Conferences has announced the third Peptide Materials Gordon Research Conference, GRC, to be held January 17–22, 2027, at Staybridge Suites Oxnard – River Ridge in Oxnard, California. Applications are due December 20, 2026.

Building on two previous meetings, the conference will highlight emerging directions at the intersection of science, engineering, and medicine, with sessions spanning peptide structure and assembly, computational and AI-guided design, advanced synthesis, delivery and detection, phase-separated materials, and energy and construction applications. A companion Gordon Research Seminar, GRS, will run concurrently for graduate students and early-career researchers. Both events require separate applications.

Apr 9, 2026

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