Alexander Bates
@as_bates
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#neuroscience #connectomics #natverse @harvardmed w/ @RachelIreneWils. Past: @MRC_LMB w/ @gsxej, @CamZoology, @flyconnectome. Distant past: @uclnpp. https://t.co/0eZdKDZ8CD
Cambridge, England
Joined July 2016
The fly has a full #connectome, basically a directed + weighted graph. But what are its connection ‘signs’, excitatory/inhibitory? . We move towards this answer, predicting transmitters from EM! w/@BobQubit, vid @amyneurons, 1/n. Published @CellCellPress:
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RT @ScienceMagazine: Researchers have reconstructed the complete wiring diagram, or connectome, of the fruit fly’s adult brain—a feat akin….
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RT @Fermcontini: Had a great time presenting my work at #SfN today. Thank you so much everyone that came by for the inspiring discussions!….
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RT @FlyWireNews: Starting soon: FlyWire Live at the Tools, Tech, and Theory BRAIN Initiative Social at #sfn24 . Location: .
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RT @maxewilkinson: covercovercovercovercovercovercovercovercovercovercover this is terrifically exciting. (Also please dw, the central dogm….
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RT @EM__Ian: Volume EM baby! Making waves in the actual proper news!.
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A new map showing 50 million neural connections is a 'huge leap' to understanding our own brains.
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RT @zettaconnectome: Some of the Zetta team members produced this automatic reconstruction over 5 years ago. Thanks to @FlyWireNews and col….
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RT @Nature: Nature research paper: Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain. FlyWire presents a neuronal wiring diagram of the whole fly b….
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Nature - FlyWire presents a neuronal wiring diagram of the whole fly brain with annotations for cell types, classes, nerves, hemilineages and predicted neurotransmitters, with data products and an...
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RT @BBCWorld: Brain of fly to shed light on human thought process
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A new map showing 50 million neural connections is a 'huge leap' to understanding our own brains.
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RT @quorumetrix: If you've seen the @FlyWireNews Fly #Connectome images making the rounds and wondering what all the fuss is about, this v….
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RT @Nature: Nature research paper: Whole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell typing of Drosophila
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Nature - A consensus cell type atlas for the fly brain provides both an intellectual framework and open-source toolchains for brain-scale comparative connectomics.
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RT @DavidCRowland: If you are interested in an overview of the special issue, you can start with this feature, written by me with amazing g….
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Artificial intelligence and human expertise meet to generate a map of all the connections in the fly brain. The resource is already being used by experimentalists and theoreticians to further our...
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RT @matthewcobb: An astonishing *seven* open access papers in @nature tonight describing the structure and function of the Drosophila brain….
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Neurons in the brain are connected by synapses to form sophisticated circuits that drive complex behaviours such as social interaction and navigation. But to...
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RT @Steffi__Hampel: What an amazing time for neuroscience!! We are proud to be part of this great adventure. @Philip_Shiu @Andrew_M_Seeds @….
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RT @ScottishWaddell: Just in case you’ve missed the news about the fly connectome. @dddavi and co’s volume fully annotated by @FlyWireNews….
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RT @DavidCRowland: One discussion #onhere (sometimes healthy, often not) is what is the point of these big resources? The FlyWire issue als….
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