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Big news! The fly connectome is featured on the cover of a special edition of Nature. This is all possible thanks to the collaboration of 292 members of The FlyWire Consortium! nature.com/immersive/d428… Check out the thread for an overview of the 9 #flywire papers published today

We've uploaded a fruit fly. We took the @FlyWireNews connectome of the fruit fly brain, applied a simple neuron model (@Philip_Shiu Nature 2024) and used it to control a MuJoCo physics-simulated body, closing the loop from neural activation to action. A few things I want to say about what this means and where we're going at @eonsys. 🧵

Codex dark mode 😎 Start yourself out with this view of the path from photoreceptors to a descending neuron (DNa01, involved in turning). What's your favorite 3D view? codex.flywire.ai/app/view_3d?da…

Mala and I will be delighted to accept this award on behalf of the FlyWire Consortium of 75 laboratories and citizen scientists around the world!

Congratulations to FlyWire founders @SebastianSeung and @MurthyLab, who alongside John White and Gerald Rubin have been recognized with the Wiley Prize for their work pioneering connectome reconstruction & interpretation!

The Institute for Advanced Study (@the_IAS), the fabled home of Einstein and Gödel, announces a 2026-27 program on Modeling Fly Vision, intended to refound theor/comp neuro on the bedrock of 21st century brain maps. Apply for membership! #special-year" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ias.edu/sns/csb#specia…

Our Method of the Year 2025 is...drumroll please...EM-based connectomics!! Our Editorial introduces our choice and highlights six Comments and other related content in this special issue. Please join us in celebrating EM-based connectomics! 🎉🧠🔬 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Method of the Year 2025: A Comment from @MurthyLab showcases how complete connectomes can yield hypotheses about circuit function and generate predictions that can be tested with genetic tools, as illustrated with examples from the Drosophila community. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Method of the Year 2025: A Comment from @martamcosta2 discusses challenges and prospects of comparative connectomics, which provides insights into variability between individuals, changes during development, differences between sexes and evolutionary changes between species.

Method of the Year 2025: In his Comment, @janfunkey discusses current challenges in connectomics, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. He focuses on proofreading and discusses how automated models might be further developed to embrace uncertainty. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Method of the Year 2025: In their Comment, Wei-Chung Allen Lee @darbly and Ramin Khajeh discuss alternatives to the well-established approaches used in connectomics. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Just a little neuron witch casting synaptic spells. Wishing you a Happy Halloween! flywire.ai

Recording of today's FlyWire Codex Workshop: youtube.com/watch?v=FweKFO… Thank to all who joined! Slide deck with example queries: #slide=id.g39da233700c_0_7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/presentation/d… Codex Queries Page: codex.flywire.ai/sample_queries…

Level up your Codex query powers ✨ FlyWire Codex Workshop: Tomorrow! Tues Oct 28 @ 12:30 ET with @MatsliahArie and @amyneurons RSVP for Zoom info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Recorded for FlyWire YouTube 📷 @flywireprinceton4189/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@flywireprince…

Today is the last day to sign up for Brain Simulation School! sjcabs.com

Just over one year ago, the FlyWire Connectome was published in @Nature nature.com/collections/hg… How has the connectome shaped your research? @FrankieRivera25 explores its impact in @_TheTransmitter's feature, interviewing nine researchers one year on: thetransmitter.org/the-big-pictur…

Looking to level up your FlyWire Codex skills? Join us for a Codex workshop on Tuesday October 28. Learn how to navigate, query, and visualize data. Suitable for new and experienced users. RSVP: forms.gle/rSmDmVpDeG1kvY…

FlyWire at yesterday's @museumofscience event with @SebastianSeung. Stay tuned for recording! On the screen: t4a visual system cells Explore them in Codex: codex.flywire.ai/app/view_3d?da… 👈 interactive 3D view of all 1,468 t4a cells

Over a year ago, the surprising complex brain of the humble fruit fly was mapped after a decade of work. 🪰✅ The ~300 person team was led by @princeton and incl. #ElectronMicroscopy experts from @AllenInstitute. 🔗 princeton.edu/news/2024/10/0… Video: @quorumetrix @flywirenews

Explore the BANC (brain and nerve cord) dataset in Codex: codex.flywire.ai/?dataset=banc Preprint from @as_bates et al: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Upcoming Codex workshop: Tues Oct 28 at 12:30 US ET. Registration coming soon. Reply to this thread with Codex questions / feature requests!

Congratulations to our friends at @HHMIJanelia @CamZoology @GoogleAI on the drosophila male CNS connectome! janelia.org/project-team/f…