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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1972 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Dieter Söll is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses 88 publications in these broad fields, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Genetics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics of Söll's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, genomics and phylogenetic studies, selenium in biological systems, metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, chemical synthesis and analysis, and RNA research and splicing. These research interests are reflected in their extensive publishing record.

Frequent publication venues where Söll contributes include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, including Natalie Krahn, Jeffery M. Tharp, Christina Z. Chung, Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez, and Sergey Melnikov. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications contributing to their fields of study.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Genetic Encoding of Three Distinct Noncanonical Amino Acids Using Reprogrammed Initiator and Nonsense Codons" (2021, ACS Chemical Biology)
  • "Naturally Occurring tRNAs With Non-canonical Structures" (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • "Multiplex suppression of four quadruplet codons via tRNA directed evolution" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Using Genetic Code Expansion for Protein Biochemical Studies" (2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)
  • "Exploiting evolutionary trade-offs for posttreatment management of drug-resistant populations" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Söll's professional recognition includes election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1997. Additional honors include fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1990, and twice being named Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1972 and 1988.

Best Publications

  • Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis.

    Michael Ibba;Dieter Söll

  • Structure of E. coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with tRNA(Gln) and ATP at 2.8 A resolution

    Mark A. Rould;John J. Perona;Dieter Soll;Thomas A. Steitz

  • Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, the Genetic Code, and the Evolutionary Process

    Carl R. Woese;Gary J. Olsen;Michael Ibba;Dieter Söll

  • Cover Picture: Recoding the Genetic Code with Selenocysteine (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2014)

    Markus J. Bröcker;Joanne M. L. Ho;George M. Church;Dieter Söll

  • Codon Bias as a Means to Fine-Tune Gene Expression

    Tessa E.F. Quax;Tessa E.F. Quax;Nico J. Claassens;Dieter Söll;John van der Oost

  • Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: general features and recognition of transfer RNAs.

    Paul R. Schimmel;Dieter Söll

  • Trna: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function

    Dieter Söll;Uttam L. RajBhandary

  • The genome of Nanoarchaeum equitans: Insights into early archaeal evolution and derived parasitism

    Elizabeth Waters;Michael J. Hohn;Ivan Ahel;David E. Graham

  • Natural expansion of the genetic code.

    Alexandre Ambrogelly;Sotiria Palioura;Dieter Söll

  • Expanding the Genetic Code of Escherichia coli with Phosphoserine

    Hee-Sung Park;Michael J. Hohn;Takuya Umehara;Li-Tao Guo

  • Glu-tRNAGln amidotransferase: A novel heterotrimeric enzyme required for correct decoding of glutamine codons during translation

    Alan W. Curnow;Kwang-won Hong;Robert Yuan;Sung-il Kim

  • Mechanism of protein biosynthesis.

    P Lengyel;D Söll

  • A mutation in protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit A affects auxin transport in Arabidopsis.

    C. Garbers;A. DeLong;J. Deruére;P. Bernasconi

  • The RNA required in the first step of chlorophyll biosynthesis is a chloroplast glutamate tRNA

    Astrid Schön;Astrid Schön;Guido Krupp;Simon Gough;Sandra Berry-Lowe

  • Quality Control Mechanisms During Translation

    Michael Ibba;Dieter Soll

  • RNA-dependent cysteine biosynthesis in archaea.

    Anselm Sauerwald;Wenhong Zhu;Tiffany A. Major;Hervé Roy

  • Structure and Transcription of Eukaryotic tRNA Genes

    Sharp Sj;Schaack J;Cooley L;Burke Dj

  • UGA is an additional glycine codon in uncultured SR1 bacteria from the human microbiota

    James H. Campbell;Patrick O’Donoghue;Alisha G. Campbell;Patrick Schwientek

  • Protein biosynthesis in organelles requires misaminoacylation of tRNA.

    Astrid Schön;C. Gamini Kannangara;Simon Cough;Dieter SÖll

  • A Euryarchaeal Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase: Resemblance to Class I Synthetases

    Michael Ibba;Susan Morgan;Alan W. Curnow;David R. Pridmore

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Ibba
Michael Ibba Chapman University
Osamu Nureki
Osamu Nureki University of Tokyo
Dieter Jahn
Dieter Jahn Technische Universität Braunschweig
Thomas A. Steitz
Thomas A. Steitz Yale University
Ryuichiro Ishitani
Ryuichiro Ishitani University of Tokyo
George M. Church
George M. Church Harvard University
Ivan Ahel
Ivan Ahel University of Oxford
Otto Schmidt
Otto Schmidt University of Adelaide
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman University of Georgia
David E. Graham
David E. Graham Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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