Blog Posts
FlyWire is live! 🚀
Almost exactly a year ago we blogged about the finished map of the fruit fly brain. Today, we celebrate the publication of the two (much improved) papers – one led by the folks in Princeton, one led by us – that jointly describe this “FlyWire” brain dataset in Nature: See […]
2024 Cambridge Neuroscience Symposium
The Drosophila Connectomics group made a strong showing at CNS2024: Sleep, Consciousness & Cognition, an all-day neuroscience symposium on 5 April at Queens’ College in Cambridge. The symposium featured four sessions of talks on neuroscience and philosophy of mind, including a closing plenary by Anil Seth (University of Sussex), author […]
We mapped the full adult fly brain!
by Yijie Yin Another milestone in Fly Connectomics has been achieved! We are happy and *deeply* honoured to have contributed significantly to the mapping and annotation of the first synapse-resolution, full brain connectome of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (‘Full Adult Fly Brain’, FAFB dataset1). The adult fruit fly is […]
The First Connectome of a Complex Ventral Nerve Cord
by Griffin Badalamente As recently announced, the Drosophila Connectomics group has preprinted three new papers documenting the creation, characterisation, and analysis of the complete connectome of a ventral nerve cord (VNC) of an adult male Drosophila melanogaster. The VNC is the insect equivalent of the vertebrate spinal cord and includes […]
We’re hiring!
As several colleagues are moving on to PhD programmes and other exciting opportunities, we are looking for junior scientists to join our Drosophila Connectomics team in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. We welcome applications for new research assistants (requiring relevant Bachelors or Masters or 2 or […]
Cambridge Festival 2023: Exploring Drosophila Connectomics with Kids
by Marcia Santos, Marina Gkantia, Yijie Yin, and Eva Munnelly Cambridge Festival is one of the biggest annual events of its kind in the country and is a highlight in everyone’s calendar. It is a collaborative effort involving many institutions and this year took place between the 16th of March […]
We’re hiring!
Research Assistant We are currently looking for a Research Assistant to join our group. Further information including details of how to apply are here. The closing deadline is 18th December 2022.
What’s Connectomics Got to Do with It?
How Brain Mapping Helps Scientists Study the Brain Christopher Dunne There is widespread variance in peoples’ natural abilities and inclinations toward different subject areas from mathematics to the arts. Neuroscientists have often been interested in what differences in the brain lead to such differences in skills and have sometimes looked […]
Research Assistant Post Available
One Research Assistant post is currently available in our Drosophila Connectomics Group directed by Greg Jefferis and Matthias Landgraf in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. The successful applicant will work with electron-microscopy image data, annotate and proof-read automatically segmented reconstructions of neurons and study their connectivity, develop […]
Open Positions for Research Assistants
We are now recruiting up to two Research Assistants to join the Drosophila Connectomics Group directed by Greg Jefferis and Matthias Landgraf in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. The closing date is 11 July. Applicants will work with electron-microscopy image data, annotate and proof-read automatically segmented reconstructions of neurons […]