News

Q2 2026

Exodiac moved to newer Gemini Flash models with improved retrieval, context handling, and automatic query-help responses.
Launched Summer Intern Projects and added a temporary application banner.
Added the Dsx / Fru Types and Sex Dimorphism catalogs.
Improved no-result and syntax-error handling in Network and 3D, including clearer suggested actions.
Updated metadata and naming in Annotations and Cell Types.
Added the News page.

Added dark mode and refreshed shared styling across Codex.
Added shared result-action controls across Search, Stats, Network, Taxonomy, and 3D.
Added top input/output type bars to Stats and Cell Info.
Sped up Search, typeahead, known-attribute lookup, and connection handling.
Expanded cross-dataset alignment and inventory data for BANC, MANC, and Male CNS.
Added downloadable catalog resources for all datasets.

New dataset ingested: Male CNS dataset. See also the public Male CNS connectome.
Added dataset tiles and app shortcuts to the home page.
Added Search Everywhere, including type breakdowns across datasets.
Added consolidated Cell Types page for all datasets.
Added Visual Field Tiling maps.
Added network display modes and improved Network layout controls.
Added neuropil labels, hemilineage coloring, and brain-region display options to the 3D viewer.

Launched BANC v626 as a public Codex dataset. See the FlyWire post.
Updated synapse-prediction data for the FAFB dataset. Manuscript with details here.
Added cross-dataset lookup in Find Similar Cells and Compare X Datasets.
Added Mouse Retina tools and explorer links for retina task workflows.
Improved cell type source display and BANC/MANC type matching for VNC comparisons.
Published Challenge results.

New dataset ingested: Male Adult Optic Lobe.
Added BANC preview datasets and generalized dataset/version navigation across app links and forms.
Unified the 3D viewer across supported datasets.
Extended Visual Columns Map to both hemispheres.
Improved typeahead, structured query tips, and advanced Search behavior.
Added Mouse Retina and CA3 research explorers.
Updated downloadable resources to stay aligned with current Codex data.

Began Exodiac summaries and query help.
Added new search operators, automatic query correction, and suggestions to Search.
New dataset ingested: Male Adult Nerve Cord, with matching tables and Multi Dataset NGL View.
Launched cell type summaries and improved type source display.
Launched Max Clique Challenge.
Updated Dsx / Fru data and network diagrams.

Nature published The FlyWire connectome collection. Codex served as the data portal for FlyWire FAFB.
Launched FlyWire Academy and Neuron Type Quest.
Finalized Visual Columns challenge, launched VNC Matching challenge, and added solution downloads.
Added endocrine and clock sources to Annotations and Cell Types.
Improved Network layouts and challenge download flows.

Added the first BANC explorer work, dataset-aware access controls, and dataset/version persistence in navigation.
Added cell-level coordinate exports from Cell Info and Download Data.
Optimized Pathways, Search, connection counts, and upstream/downstream queries.
Made Sample Queries dataset/version aware.
Added Cell Types and improved Stats, search-query expansion, and visual-neuron tables.
Added FlyWire Academy lessons and updated Visual Columns and MFAS challenge submissions, scores, and deadlines.

Concluded the Visual Columns Challenge and added results and follow-up materials.
Launched the Minimum Feedback Arc Set Challenge.
Enhanced the Visual Cell Types Catalog with boundary types, figures, hemibrain names, filters, and cleaner naming.
Added custom search by labeling attributes and improved type/name lookup.
Added synapse attachment-rate archives and improved downloads.
Improved Network behavior and NGL links for broader dataset support.

Added cell type sources to the data schema and surfaced source information in Cell Info.
Launched the Visual Columns Challenge and expanded Visual Columns Map settings.
Added inside/cross-column network filters and better single-cell connectivity behavior.
Added brain-region statistics and clearer region formatting in Stats.
Expanded the Visual Cell Types Catalog to the left optic lobe and polished catalog screenshots, sorting, and wording.
Improved user-facing errors, warnings, Safari downloads, and missing-ID messages.

Integrated the 3D viewer, including partner loading, grouped views, and Neuroglancer memory/link improvements.
Launched the Visual Columns Map.
Released major Visual Cell Types Catalog updates and linked catalog figures to the paper.
Added a more robust structured-query evaluator, query wrapping from quick filters, and better search links.
Reorganized Cell Info and added input/output synapse-type statistics.
Added the neuropils guide and visual brain-region improvements.

Launched Motif Search.
Added Dsx / Fru pathways and network diagrams.
Built out the Visual Cell Types Catalog with optic-lobe type predictions, predicate evidence, hierarchy organization, and VPN/VCN cataloging.
Added connectivity tags, tag links, and explanatory modals.
Added clustering stats and type-projection similarity views.
Separated research tools into their own section and improved catalog dashboards.

Added the Download Data portal with value ranges, downloadable archives, and clearer download metadata.
Added directional Pathways, improved pathway error handling, and limited large pathway loads.
Made data snapshot v630 the default and added update-banner support.
Improved Network with loading spinners, better sample cells, group-by options, node labels, layout tweaks, and faster connection queries.
Expanded Search with more robust operators, query parsing, annotation highlighting, similar-cell links, reciprocal-cell queries, and sorting across search features.
Added Explore categories, landing-page stats, FAQ/about updates, citation guidelines, and clearer public-access messaging.
Added early similar-cell, projection-similarity, mirror-cell, and NGL-link improvements for cell exploration.