George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology
Appointments and Affiliations
- George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology
- Professor in Cell Biology
- Chair, Department of Cell Biology
- Professor of Neurobiology
- Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Contact Information
- Office Location: Nanaline Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27710
- Email Address: s.soderling@cellbio.duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- Ph.D. University of Washington, 1999
- Oregon Health and Science University, 2005
Courses Taught
- CELLBIO 493: Research Independent Study
- BIOLOGY 792: Research
In the News
- Three Universities Team up on Disease Prevention (Mar 4, 2024 | Duke Health)
- Astrocytes Identified as Master ‘Conductors’ of the Brain (Nov 12, 2020)
- Duke Awards 29 University Distinguished Professorships (Apr 14, 2020)
- Allen Song Named Interim Director of Brain Institute (Jun 26, 2015)
- Schizophrenia's secrets begin to unravel (May 5, 2015 | Los Angeles Times)
- Scientists Reconcile Three Unrelated Theories of Schizophrenia (May 1, 2015)
- Study Pinpoints Autism-Linked Protein for Sculpting Brain Connections (Jan 6, 2…
Representative Publications
- Bhat, Suhaas, Kalyan Palepu, Lauren Hong, Joey Mao, Tianzheng Ye, Rema Iyer, Lin Zhao, et al. “De novo design of peptide binders to conformationally diverse targets with contrastive language modeling.” Sci Adv 11, no. 4 (January 24, 2025): eadr8638. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr8638.
- Hossain, Kazi, Eda Erata, Lucio Schiapparelli, and Scott H. Soderling. “The Epilepsy-Aphasia Syndrome gene, Cnksr2, Plays a Critical Role in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Mediating Vocal Communication.” ENeuro 12, no. 1 (December 18, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0532-24.2024.
- Gao, Yudong, Daichi Shonai, Matthew Trn, Jieqing Zhao, Erik J. Soderblom, S Alexandra Garcia-Moreno, Charles A. Gersbach, et al. “Proximity analysis of native proteomes reveals phenotypic modifiers in a mouse model of autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.” Nat Commun 15, no. 1 (August 9, 2024): 6801. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51037-x.
- Kim, Jaebin, Edwin Bustamante, Peter Sotonyi, Nicholas Maxwell, Pooja Parameswaran, Julie K. Kent, William C. Wetsel, Erik J. Soderblom, Bence Rácz, and Scott H. Soderling. “Presynaptic Rac1 in the hippocampus selectively regulates working memory.” Elife 13 (July 24, 2024). https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97289.
- Ulloa Severino, Francesco Paolo, Oluwadamilola O. Lawal, Kristina Sakers, Shiyi Wang, Namsoo Kim, Alexander David Friedman, Sarah Anne Johnson, et al. “Training-induced circuit-specific excitatory synaptogenesis in mice is required for effort control.” Nat Commun 14, no. 1 (September 8, 2023): 5522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41078-z.