However, comparisons with light-microscopy data and a reconstruction of a female fly’s connectome 4 exhibit remarkable consistency between individual flies, at least at the cell-type level.

Researchers believe that female fruit flies can zone in on enemies with laser-focus vision. The study made at Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, found the bugs prioritise their foe by ...

Using the fruit fly connectome developed by Janelia researchers and collaborators, the team discovered how the aggression-promoting neurons are connected to neurons that regulate visual input.

Using the fruit fly connectome developed by Janelia researchers and collaborators, the team discovered how the aggression-promoting neurons are connected to neurons that regulate visual input.

For many years the race to assemble an adult fly connectome seemed likely to be won by the FlyEM project at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus, in Virginia. In 2020 ...

The 50 largest neurons of the fly brain connectome, highlighted in colors Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University, (Dorkenwald, S. et al. Nature 634, 124–138 (2024)) ...

The fly connectome also could help scientists begin to compare the brain wiring of different species, says Gerry Rubin, a senior group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia ...

The fly’s brain was also interconnected to a surprising degree. Neurons that allowed the fly to see also received sound and touch cues, suggesting these senses are wired together. The connectome data ...