Google and HHMI release full male fruit fly connectome with 166,000 neurons
lukaszkaiser · x · 2026-09-04
Google Research, in partnership with HHMI Janelia, has released a complete map of the male fruit fly brain and central nervous system covering over 166,000 neurons — the largest cellular brain map to date.
Science Corp founder Max Hodak boosted the news, saying a connectome is the single thing that would most accelerate his company's work, and estimated a mouse connectome is only $300M away — something highly worth funding.
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