Nature Magazine reposted this
You know those amazing sci-fi visuals in the Marvel films? Believe it or not, the folks behind them created our latest Nature Magazine cover - a female fruit fly brain straight out of Hollywood! The cover shows neuron ‘superclasses’ in different colors (as can be seen individually in the figure from the main paper, included here), surrounded by layers of data and annotations that represent the significant ‘citizen science’ volunteer aspect of the larger FlyWire project. You can find the complete drosophila connectome in today’s issue. Special thanks to artist and creative director Doug Appleton from Perception Studios, who was unafraid to go full nerd with us, along with Amy Robinson Sterling and Tyler Sloan who produced the source renders and graphics. What a dream team! This cover is a great example of how creativity flows when groups from different sectors collaborate.