2026 Thomas H. Söllner: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	66	8471	7822	620	587	112	23988

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Biology and Biochemistry

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23988

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8471

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Overview

Thomas H. Söllner is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and specializes in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with additional work in Plant Science.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics, including:

Cellular transport and secretion
Lipid membrane structure and behavior
Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
Nuclear structure and function
RNA research and splicing
Retinal development and disorders
Plant virus research studies

Their frequent co-authors include Jörg Malsam, Simon Bärfuss, Thorsten Trimbuch, Andreas F.-P. Sonnen, and Andrea Scheutzow.

Selected recent publications by Thomas H. Söllner illustrate the focus on synaptic transmission and molecular mechanisms:

"Complexin Suppresses Spontaneous Exocytosis by Capturing the Membrane-Proximal Regions of VAMP2 and SNAP25," published in Cell Reports in 2020
"The Interaction of Munc18-1 Helix 11 and 12 with the Central Region of the VAMP2 SNARE Motif Is Essential for SNARE Templating and Synaptic Transmission," published in eNeuro in 2020
"SNAP25 Disease Mutations Change the Energy Landscape for Synaptic Exocytosis Due to Aberrant SNARE Interactions," published in eLife in 2024
"A Short Perinuclear Amphipathic α-Helix in Apq12 Promotes Nuclear Pore Complex Biogenesis," published in Open Biology in 2021
"Arrangements of Proteins at Reconstituted Synaptic Vesicle Fusion Sites Depend on Membrane Separation," published in FEBS Letters in 2020

Thomas H. Söllner has published in various scientific venues, including:

Cell Reports
eNeuro
eLife
Open Biology
Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

SNAP receptors implicated in vesicle targeting and fusion

Thomas Söllner;Sidney W. Whiteheart;Michael Brunner;Hediye Erdjument-Bromage

3970
Citations
SNAREpins: Minimal Machinery for Membrane Fusion

Thomas Weber;Boris V Zemelman;James A McNew;Benedikt Westermann

2996
Citations
A protein assembly-disassembly pathway in vitro that may correspond to sequential steps of synaptic vesicle docking, activation, and fusion

Thomas Söllner;Mark K. Bennett;Sidney W. Whiteheart;Richard H. Scheller

2335
Citations
Compartmental specificity of cellular membrane fusion encoded in SNARE proteins

James A. McNew;Francesco Parlati;Ryouichi Fukuda;Robert J. Johnston

857
Citations
A Rab Protein Is Required for the Assembly of SNARE Complexes in the Docking of Transport Vesicles

Morten Søgaard;Katsuko Tani;R.Ruby Ye;Scott Geromanos

694
Citations
Bidirectional Transport by Distinct Populations of COPI-Coated Vesicles

Lelio Orci;Mark Stamnes;Mariella Ravazzola;Mylène Amherdt

606
Citations
A mitochondrial import receptor for the ADP/ATP carrier.

Thomas Söllner;Rupert Pfaller;Gareth Griffiths;Nikolaus Pfanner

408
Citations
Binding of the synaptic vesicle v-SNARE, synaptotagmin, to the plasma membrane t-SNARE, SNAP-25, can explain docked vesicles at neurotoxin-treated synapses

Giampietro Schiavo;Gudrun Stenbeck;James E. Rothman;Thomas H. Söllner

397
Citations
MOM19, an import receptor for mitochondrial precursor proteins

Thomas Söllner;Gareth Griffiths;Rupert Pfaller;Nikolaus Pfanner

397
Citations
Calcium-dependent switching of the specificity of phosphoinositide binding to synaptotagmin

Giampietro Schiavo;Qu Ming Gu;Glenn D. Prestwich;Thomas H. Söllner

389
Citations
Close is not enough: SNARE-dependent membrane fusion requires an active mechanism that transduces force to membrane anchors.

James A. McNew;Thomas Weber;Francesco Parlati;Robert J. Johnston

381
Citations
Coupling of Coat Assembly and Vesicle Budding to Packaging of Putative Cargo Receptors

Martina Bremser;Walter Nickel;Michael Schweikert;Mariella Ravazzola

371
Citations
Identification of a mitochondrial receptor complex required for recognition and membrane insertion of precursor proteins.

Michael Kiebler;Rupert Pfaller;Rupert Pfaller;Thomas Söllner;Gareth Griffiths

360
Citations
Topological restriction of SNARE-dependent membrane fusion

Francesco Parlati;James A. McNew;Ryouichi Fukuda;Rebecca Miller

352
Citations
Fusion of cells by flipped SNAREs

Chuan Hu;Mahiuddin Ahmed;Thomas J. Melia;Thomas H. Söllner

334
Citations
Rapid and efficient fusion of phospholipid vesicles by the alpha-helical core of a SNARE complex in the absence of an N-terminal regulatory domain

Francesco Parlati;Thomas Weber;James A. McNew;Benedikt Westermann

308
Citations
Multiple palmitoylation of synaptotagmin and the t-SNARE SNAP-25

Michael Veit;Thomas H. Söllner;James E. Rothman

304
Citations
Functional architecture of an intracellular membrane t-SNARE

Ryouichi Fukuda;James A. McNew;James A. McNew;Thomas Weber;Thomas Weber;Francesco Parlati

294
Citations
Ykt6p, a Prenylated SNARE Essential for Endoplasmic Reticulum-Golgi Transport

James A. McNew;Morten Søgaard;Nina M. Lampen;Sachiko Machida

292
Citations
Membrane fusion: SNAREs and regulation.

J. Malsam;S. Kreye;T. H. Söllner

282
Citations