PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Neuroscience, June 2009. Thesis: The Design and Assembly of Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication in Songbirds. AB The University of Chicago, Biology, March 2001.

Neural Dynamics; Optical Imaging; Genetic Engineering

Scott B.B., Thiberge Y.S., Guo C., Tervo D.G.R., Brody C.D., Karpova, A.Y. and Tank D.W. Imaging cortical dynamics in GCaMP transgenic rats with a head-mounted widefield acroscope. Neuron doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.050. Epub 2018 Oct 25. Scott B.B., Constantinople C.M., Akrami, A. Hanks T.D., Brody C.D. and Tank D.W.Fronto-parietal cortical circuits encode accumulated evidence with a diversity of timescales.Neuron. 95, 385-398.e5.Benjamin B. Scott, PhD 2 Scott B.B., Constantinople C.M., Erlich J.C., Tank D.W. and Brody C.D. Sources of noise during accumulation of evidence in unrestrained and voluntarily head-restrained rats. eLife.10.7554/eLife.11308. Scott B.B., Brody C.D. and Tank D.W. Cellular resolution functional imaging in behaving Scott B.B., Gardner T., Ji N., Fee M.S. and Lois C. Wandering neuronal migration in the postnatal vertebrate forebrain. Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 1436-46. Churchland M.M., Yu B.M., Cunningham J.P., Sugrue L.P., Cohen M.R., Corrado G.S.,Newsome W.T., Clark A.M., Hosseini P., Scott B.B., et al. Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon. Nature Neuroscience, 13, 369-78. Agate R.J., Scott B.B., Haripal B., Lois C., and Nottebohm F. Transgenic songbirds offer an opportunity to develop a genetic model for vocal learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA. 106:17963-7. Scott B.B. and Lois C. Developmental origin and identity of song system neurons born during vocal learning in songbirds. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 502, 202-214. Scott B.B. and Lois C. Generation of transgenic birds with replication-deficient lentiviruses. Nature Protocols. 1, 1406-1411. Purushothaman G., Scott B.B. and Bradley D.C. An acute method for multielectrode recording from the interior of sulci and other deep brain areas. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 153, 86-94. Scott B.B. and Lois, C. Generation of tissue-specific transgenic birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA. 102, 16443-7.