Google and partners release complete adult fruit fly brain connectome
Google Research, HHMI Janelia and partners released the first complete connectome of an adult male fruit fly, mapping 166,000 neurons and 125 million connections, with open data that hobbyists have already visualized in Minecraft and DOOM.
2026-09-15 ~ 2026-09-17 · 3 related posts
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- Episode 13: Google and partners release complete adult fruit fly brain connectome(2026-09-15, 3 posts)
- Fruit fly brain fully mapped: 166k neurons, roughly a 1B-parameter SLM — anselm · 2026-09-15
- Fly connectome with 166,000 neurons goes open and gets ported into Minecraft and DOOM — APPSO · 2026-09-16
- Google-Backed Team Publishes First Complete Wiring Diagram of an Adult Fruit Fly Brain — TinfoilTricorn · 2026-09-17