Google and HHMI release complete wiring diagram of the male fruit fly nervous system
GoogleAI · x · 2026-09-09
Google Research's Connectomics team, in collaboration with HHMI Janelia, has released the complete wiring diagram of a male fruit fly's brain and central nervous system — the largest brain map by number of proofread neurons to date. The team explains in a thread why mapping a tiny fly's brain matters: full connectomes are key to understanding how brains work and lay groundwork for larger-scale brain mapping and AI-driven neuroscience methods.
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