🧠 A new wiring diagram of the 166,000+ neurons in the brain & nerve cord of a male fruit fly is a key tool in uncovering how the brain enables complex behavior—information that could ultimately help scientists better understand what causes different diseases ➡️ https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk

🪰 A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system—a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the millions of connections between them.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk

🥼 New research from the Wang Lab reveals a novel connection between lysosomes & the epigenome and provides new insights into how lysosomes regulate longevity over generations & drive the histone-based transfer of epigenetic information between cells.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4mCD3QO

🥼 Working with tool developers & support teams, Janelia’s GENIE Project Team recently created next generation sensors for detecting the neurotransmitters glutamate & GABA and adapted a new tool aimed at controlling & studying specific neural circuits in flies.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4gFqwKX

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❄️Time-deterministic cryo-optical microscopy, developed by researchers at the University of Osaka, Janelia & collaborating institutions, rapidly freezes live cells under an optical microscope, capturing a snapshot of cellular activity in high resolution➡️ https://hhmi.news/421MTUL

🪰 A new ‘Eyemap’ developed by a team led by Arthur Zhao & @michaelreiser.bsky.social reveals how visual information detected by the fly’s eye shows up in neurons deep in the brain. Remarkably, the eye’s shape determines how flies see motion.👁️
🔗 hhmi.news/4kSZjou

🧠 New research reveals that distinct areas in the brain’s visual cortex are responsible for different types of learning: unstructured, exploration-based unsupervised learning and instructed, goal-oriented supervised learning. #worldbrainday
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/zoning-...