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Scott Waddell is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on areas spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with additional work in agricultural and biological sciences. A significant portion of their studies delve into cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, and molecular biology, complemented by investigations into ecology, evolution, behavior, and insect science.

Their work largely centers on neurobiology and insect physiology research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and animal behavior and reproduction. Additional topics explored include insect utilization and effects, plant molecular biology research, physiological and biochemical adaptations, and amino acid enzymes and metabolism.

Waddell has contributed to numerous publications, with a strong presence in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • eLife
  • Neuron
  • Nature

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Waddell include:

  • "The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function," 2020, eLife
  • "Complete Connectomic Reconstruction of Olfactory Projection Neurons in the Fly Brain," 2020, Current Biology
  • "A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult Drosophila ventral nerve cord," 2020, eLife
  • "Spaced Training Forms Complementary Long-Term Memories of Opposite Valence in Drosophila," 2020, Neuron
  • "Input Connectivity Reveals Additional Heterogeneity of Dopaminergic Reinforcement in Drosophila," 2020, Current Biology

Among frequent collaborators are researchers such as Nils Otto, Pedro F. Jacob, Georgia Dempsey, Christoph D. Treiber, and Zeynep Okray. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth of Waddell's research output.

Best Publications

  • Layered reward signalling through octopamine and dopamine in Drosophila

    Christopher J. Burke;Wolf Huetteroth;David Owald;Emmanuel Perisse

  • A Neural Circuit Mechanism Integrating Motivational State with Memory Expression in Drosophila

    Michael Jonathan Krashes;Michael Jonathan Krashes;Shamik DasGupta;Andrew Vreede;Benjamin White

  • Cryptochrome mediates light-dependent magnetosensitivity in Drosophila

    Robert J. Gegear;Amy L. Casselman;Scott Waddell;Steven M. Reppert

  • Sequential use of mushroom body neuron subsets during drosophila odor memory processing.

    Michael Jonathan Krashes;Alex Carl Keene;Benjamin M. Leung;J. Douglas Armstrong

  • Drosophila olfactory memory: single genes to complex neural circuits

    Alex Carl Keene;Scott Waddell

  • WIPI-1alpha (WIPI49), a member of the novel 7-bladed WIPI protein family, is aberrantly expressed in human cancer and is linked to starvation-induced autophagy

    Tassula Proikas-Cezanne;Scott Waddell;Anja Gaugel;Tancred Frickey

  • The amnesiac gene product is expressed in two neurons in the Drosophila brain that are critical for memory.

    Scott Waddell;J.Douglas Armstrong;Toshihiro Kitamoto;Kim Kaiser

  • The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function

    Feng Li;Jack W Lindsey;Elizabeth C Marin;Nils Otto;Nils Otto

  • Activity of Defined Mushroom Body Output Neurons Underlies Learned Olfactory Behavior in Drosophila

    David Owald;Johannes Felsenberg;Clifford B. Talbot;Gaurav Das

  • Rapid consolidation to a radish and protein synthesis-dependent long-term memory after single-session appetitive olfactory conditioning in Drosophila

    Michael Jonathan Krashes;Scott Waddell

  • Reinforcement signalling in Drosophila; dopamine does it all after all.

    Scott Waddell

  • Cellular diversity in the Drosophila midbrain revealed by single-cell transcriptomics

    Vincent Croset;Christoph Daniel Treiber;Scott Waddell

  • Do the right thing: neural network mechanisms of memory formation, expression and update in Drosophila.

    Paola Cognigni;Johannes Felsenberg;Scott Waddell

  • Sweet taste and nutrient value subdivide rewarding dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila.

    Wolf Huetteroth;Wolf Huetteroth;Emmanuel Perisse;Suewei Lin;Martin Klappenbach;Martin Klappenbach

  • Transposition-Driven Genomic Heterogeneity in the Drosophila Brain

    Paola N. Perrat;Shamik DasGupta;Shamik DasGupta;Jie Wang;William E. Theurkauf

  • Clock and cycle Limit Starvation-Induced Sleep Loss in Drosophila

    Alex Carl Keene;Erik R. Duboue;Daniel M. McDonald;Monica Dus

  • Olfactory learning skews mushroom body output pathways to steer behavioral choice in Drosophila.

    David Owald;Scott Waddell

  • Remembering Nutrient Quality of Sugar in Drosophila

    Christopher J. Burke;Scott Waddell

  • Neural correlates of water reward in thirsty Drosophila

    Suewei Lin;David Owald;Vikram Chandra;Vikram Chandra;Clifford Talbot

  • Integration of Parallel Opposing Memories Underlies Memory Extinction.

    Johannes Felsenberg;Pedro F. Jacob;Thomas Walker;Oliver Barnstedt

  • Memory-Relevant Mushroom Body Output Synapses Are Cholinergic

    Oliver Barnstedt;David Owald;Johannes Felsenberg;Ruth Brain

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Michael J. Krashes
Michael J. Krashes National Institutes of Health
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Aljoscha Nern
Aljoscha Nern Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Yoshinori Aso
Yoshinori Aso Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
Jessica A. Bernard
Jessica A. Bernard Texas A&M University
Andrew J. Flavell
Andrew J. Flavell University of Dundee
Zhiping Weng
Zhiping Weng University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University

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