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
- Bey, Alexandra L., Scott Soderling, and Geraldine Dawson. “Genetic and environmental influences in autism: guiding the future of tailored early detection and intervention.” J Clin Invest 135, no. 22 (November 17, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI201157.
- Loukil, Abdelhalim, Emma Ebright, Karama Hamdi, Elizabeth Menzel, Akiyoshi Uezu, Yudong Gao, Scott H. Soderling, and Sarah C. Goetz. “Identification of New Ciliary Signaling Pathways in the Brain and Insights into Neurological Disorders.” J Neurosci 45, no. 33 (August 13, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0800-24.2025.
- 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.