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Jonathan Williams Receives a Neuroscience Poster Award
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Jonathan and Esther presented their posters a 2024 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) Meeting and Jonathan was awarded a Neuroscience Poster Award!
How a map of a fruit fly’s brain could help unlock the mysteries of our own
Friday, October 11, 2024
The complexity of a fruit fly's brain-containing 140,000 neurons connected by about 50 million synapses-makes it ideal for gaining a better understanding how our own brain works. Which is why over the last 10 years, scientists have been working to map the entire brain of a fruit fly.
Read More: How a map of a fruit fly’s brain could help unlock the mysteries of our ownA revolutionary map of the fly brain could change how we study our brains
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking new resource that maps every neuron and synaptic connection in the central brain of the fruit fly. Totaling over 130,000 neurons and 30 million synaptic connections, this revolutionary tool will expedite inquiry into how the brain works and expand the questions that can be asked.
Read More: A revolutionary map of the fly brain could change how we study our brains