Lab blog

October, 2024

Zepeng co-authored three Nature papers!

A recent issue of Nature published nine papers on the completion and analyses of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) whole-brain connectome—the detailed wiring diagram of the fly brain, which includes approximately 140,000 neurons and 50 million synapses. Zepeng was part of an international team, the FlyWire Consortium, that contributed to three of these papers.

“This is a fruitful collaboration between artificial intelligence (AI) and human expertise, and an exemplary open science approach that engages not only active researchers but also undergraduate and high school students, as well as citizen scientists,” Zepeng said. This invaluable resource has already begun to revolutionize the field of neuroscience research.