Happy Holiday Season to all friends, colleagues, collaborators and competitors! May the GLP-1 field stay as exciting in 2026 as it was in 2025!

We would like to share our findings of the physiological importance of brainstem GLP-1 neurons (also known as PPG or GCG neurons) and invite thoughts on this. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Our latest thoughts on brain-derived GLP-1 are out in Endocrinology now. academic.oup.com/endo/article...

Our brilliant PhD student Wanqing Jiang had her graduation ceremony last week! Big congratulations and all the best for a great future in Science!

Dr Cecilia Skoug presenting the latest mouse behaviour data from the Trapp lab at @theiups.bsky.social. Great presence from @ccmnlondon.bsky.social at a fantastic meeting!

Last conference for the year for me is IUPS 2025. Yesterday was the well-attended symposium ”GLP-1 Receptor Agonists - a Magic Bullet Beyond Diabetes and Obesity?” Chaired by Prof. Stefan Trapp @trapp-lab.bsky.social Maybe I’m biased but a great symposium indeed! @ccmnlondon.bsky.social

Interested in brain access for Tirzepatide-based drugs? Have a look at the fluorescent Tirzepatide analogue developed by Johannes Broichhagen and David Hodson @daveyboyhod.bsky.social‬ out now in Nature Metabolism www.nature.com/articles/s42.... Proud to contribute to this great multi-lab effort.

We are recruiting! If you are interested in working as a post-doctoral Research Fellow in the heart of London contributing to MRC-funded research into GLP-1 action within the brain, please look at this link and apply if interested: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

The Trapp Lab has moved to BlueSky. No better way to start this than with a new paper. We are excited to alert you to the latest study on the involvement of brain GLP-1 in stress responses led by our @CCMN_London and Trapp Lab alumni @MKBHolt Read the details at doi.org/10.1016/j.mo....