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Kristin Scott is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, and ecology.

The scientist's recent work includes multiple publications in prominent journals covering diverse aspects of neurobiology and insect physiology. These papers are:

  • Two Brain Pathways Initiate Distinct Forward Walking Programs in Drosophila (2020, Neuron)
  • Classification and genetic targeting of cell types in the primary taste and premotor center of the adult Drosophila brain (2021, eLife)
  • Serotonergic neurons translate taste detection into internal nutrient regulation (2022, Neuron)
  • Taste quality and hunger interactions in a feeding sensorimotor circuit (2022, eLife)
  • A Drosophila computational brain model reveals sensorimotor processing (2024, Nature)

Throughout their career, Kristin Scott has frequently collaborated with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Gabriella R Sterne
  • Barry J. Dickson
  • Philip K. Shiu
  • Stefanie Engert
  • Molly J. Kirk

The scientist's work has been published extensively in a variety of venues. The more common publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Neuron
  • Journal of Veterinary Dentistry
  • Nature

Kristin Scott has contributed significantly to topics such as:

  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Insect utilization and effects
  • Biochemical analysis and sensing techniques
  • Olfactory and sensory function studies

In terms of research focus, their main specializations branch into subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, ecology, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Best Publications

  • A Chemosensory Gene Family Encoding Candidate Gustatory and Olfactory Receptors in Drosophila

    Kristin Scott;Roscoe Brady;Anibal Cravchik;Pavel Morozov

  • Motor control in a Drosophila taste circuit.

    Michael D. Gordon;Kristin Scott

  • Taste Representations in the Drosophila Brain

    Zuoren Wang;Aakanksha Singhvi;Priscilla Kong;Kristin Scott

  • Imaging Taste Responses in the Fly Brain Reveals a Functional Map of Taste Category and Behavior

    Sunanda Marella;Walter Fischler;Priscilla Kong;Sam Asgarian

  • Contact Chemoreceptors Mediate Male-Male Repulsion and Male-Female Attraction during Drosophila Courtship

    Robert Thistle;Peter Cameron;Azeen Ghorayshi;Lisa Dennison

  • The molecular basis for water taste in Drosophila

    Peter Cameron;Makoto Hiroi;John Ngai;Kristin Scott;Kristin Scott

  • Visual projection neurons in the Drosophila lobula link feature detection to distinct behavioral programs.

    Ming Wu;Aljoscha Nern;W Ryan Williamson;Mai M Morimoto

  • Taste recognition : Food for thought

    Kristin Scott

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Sucrose Acceptance Behavior in Drosophila

    Sunanda Marella;Kevin Mann;Kristin Scott;Kristin Scott

  • Gustatory Processing in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Kristin Scott

  • Gustatory learning and processing in the Drosophila mushroom bodies

    Colleen Kirkhart;Kristin Scott

  • Excitation and inhibition onto central courtship neurons biases Drosophila mate choice

    Benjamin R Kallman;Benjamin R Kallman;Heesoo Kim;Heesoo Kim;Kristin Scott;Kristin Scott

  • Feeding regulation in Drosophila.

    Allan-Hermann Pool;Kristin Scott;Kristin Scott

  • The detection of carbonation by the Drosophila gustatory system

    Walter Fischler;Priscilla Kong;Sunanda Marella;Kristin Scott

  • Coupled Sensing of Hunger and Thirst Signals Balances Sugar and Water Consumption

    Nicholas Jourjine;Brendan C. Mullaney;Kevin Mann;Kristin Scott

  • Representations of taste modality in the Drosophila brain

    David T. Harris;David T. Harris;Benjamin R. Kallman;Benjamin R. Kallman;Brendan C. Mullaney;Brendan C. Mullaney;Kristin Scott;Kristin Scott

  • Limited taste discrimination in Drosophila

    Pavel Masek;Kristin Scott

  • The ryanodine receptor is essential for larval development in Drosophila melanogaster

    Kathleen M. C. Sullivan;Kristin Scott;Charles S. Zuker;Gerald M. Rubin

  • Long-range projection neurons in the taste circuit of Drosophila

    Heesoo Kim;Heesoo Kim;Colleen Kirkhart;Colleen Kirkhart;Kristin Scott;Kristin Scott

  • The sweet and the bitter of mammalian taste.

    Kristin Scott

  • Four GABAergic interneurons impose feeding restraint in Drosophila.

    Allan-Hermann Pool;Pal Kvello;Pal Kvello;Kevin Mann;Samantha K. Cheung

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
John Ngai
John Ngai University of California, Berkeley
Matt Wachowiak
Matt Wachowiak University of Utah
Donald B. Katz
Donald B. Katz Brandeis University
Kevan A. C. Martin
Kevan A. C. Martin University of Zurich
Rachel Wilson
Rachel Wilson University of Sydney

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