FlyWire Codex
What's New?
Updates on features, tools and data
Q2 2026
- Exodiac moved to latest Gemini Flash models with updated data retrieval and context states.
- Launched Summer Intern Projects.
- Added the Dsx / Fru Types and the Sex Dimorphism catalogues.
- Updated metadata in Annotations, Cell Types.
Q1 2026
Q4 2025
- New dataset ingested: Male CNS dataset. See also the public Male CNS connectome.
- Added dataset tiles and app shortcuts to the home page.
- Added consolidated Cell Types page for al datasets.
- Added Visual Field Tiling maps.
- Added neuropil labels, hemilineage coloring, and brain-region display options to 3D viewer.
Q3 2025
- 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.
- Published Challenge results.
Q2 2025
- New dataset ingested: Male Adult Optic Lobe.
- Extended Visual Columns Map to both hemispheres.
- Improved structured query builder widget in Search and Stats.
Q1 2025
- Began Exodiac summaries and query help.
- Added new search operators, automatic query correction, and suggestions to Search.
- New dataset ingested: Male Adult Nerve Cord, matching tables, and Multi Dataset NGL View.
- Launched Max Clique Challenge.
Q4 2024
- 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 Connectivity layouts.
Q3 2024
- 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.
- Updated Visual Columns and MFAS data challenge submissions, scores, and deadlines.