Author: Amy

  • Optic Lobe Tag Rally

    Optic Lobe Tag Rally

    The FlyWire connectome contains over 127,000 proofread cells, ~73,000 of which are in the optic lobes (OL). While ~50,000 cells in the brain have labels, as of this post (May 2023), only 27% of neurons in the optic lobes are labeled (~20K cells). We hereby request the help of all FlyWire community members to complete…

  • FlyWire Winter ’23 Update

    FlyWire Winter ’23 Update

    It’s officially the start of the fall and winter holidays here in the northern hemisphere. Time to break out the hot drinks and relax by the warmth of the computer while you do a little connectome exploration. It’s been a while since we updated the blog (and we’ll try to do this more frequently).ere is……

  • Visual Columns Mapping Challenge

    Visual Columns Mapping Challenge

    If you are good at programming / data analysis / algorithms and like challenges read on! FlyWire is issuing its first Data Challenge. Data Challenge: A wiring diagram of a brain is modeled as a directed graph with weighted edges, where nodes represent neurons and edges represent synaptic connections (weight = # synapses). In this…

  • BANC Guide for Citizen Scientists

    BANC Guide for Citizen Scientists

    Hello, intrepid explorers of the microscopic universe! FlyWire’s recent 4 year adventure into connectomics mapped the entire brain of a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) at synapse resolution. We’re thrilled to announce the next endeavor: The BANC (Brain and Nerve Cord), a dataset generated by Jasper Phelps and Minsu Kim for Wei-Chung Lee’s Lab at Harvard…

  • Finding Paths in Codex

    Finding Paths in Codex

    With this tool you can specify one or more source cells + one or more target cells, set a minimum synapse threshold per connection, and get a matrix with shortest path lengths for all source/target pairs. From there, you can inspect / visualize the pathways between any pair of cells in detail. Codex has a…