News about Virtual Fly Brain (VFB)

VFB workshop: 'Bridging connectomics and transcriptomics' at NeuroFly 2024

VFB will be running a workshop on integrating Drosophila connectomics and transcriptomics data.

Guide to Working with Images from Virtual Fly Brain (VFB) Using the VFBConnect Library

This guide will help you use the VFBConnect library to interact with Virtual Fly Brain (VFB) data, specifically focusing on working with neuron images and their representations. The examples provided cover retrieving neuron data, accessing different types of data representations (skeleton, mesh, volume), and visualizing this data.

Predicted neurotransmitters for EM data now available on VFB

Predicted neurotransmitters for EM neurons are now being shown on VFB! They are currently available for Hemibrain and MANC datasets.

New Split-GAL4 report pages on FlyBase

FlyBase now has ‘Split System Combination’ pages displaying curated information for Split-GAL4 lines.

Transcriptomics data available for cell types on VFB

Transcriptomics data is now available on VFB! Find scRNAseq clusters from the Term Info pane for a cell type of interest.

Larval split-GAL4 line raw images release

Raw images from the 1020 Larval split-GAL4 lines and 350 Generation 1 LexA lines included in Meissner et al., 2024 are now available on VFB.

Fix for problems with current Safari release

Virtual Fly Brain 3D browser won’t load on Safari Version 15.3 (17612.4.9.1.8) with an experimental feature enabled. Please follow these instructions to disable it until Apple fixes the issue.

Google search results issue

VFB has been affected by an issue with google’s indexing which has affected our ranking in their search results. We applogise for any inconvenience but have been assured this is now fixed and should get back to normal soon.


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