Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Reiser Lab
We study fly vision to understand how brains work and where behavior comes from.
Shared resources
Connectome explorers and galleries
- Optic Lobe Cell Type Explorer Every cell type of the male fly visual system, with morphology, connectivity and spatial coverage. Companion to Nern et al. 2025.
- Male CNS Cell Type Explorer 11,751 cell types and 164,838 neurons of the complete male central nervous system.
- Female Adult Fly Brain Cell Type Explorer Cell types of the FlyWire female brain (FAFB v783b), in the same format as the other explorers.
- Visual pathways galleries Cell-type pages for visual projection neurons and visual central brain neurons, with input barcodes and predicted receptive fields. Companion to Hoeller et al. 2026.
- neuDiff Compare two cell types side by side.
- Cell type videos A rendered video for each optic lobe cell type, on the lab's YouTube channel.
Displays and rigs
- Modular LED Displays Documentation for the G3, G4 and G6 generations of LED arena displays for visual neuroscience: hardware, firmware and software.
- Display web tools Browser-based Pattern Designer, Arena Studio, arena layout and 3D view, and a WebUSB flash programmer for G6 panels.
- Fly Lab Gear Open hardware for fly experiments: spherical treadmill, tethering station, fly holders, sarcophagus, and more, as 3D-print, laser-cut and PCB files.
Software and analysis code
- maDisplayTools MATLAB tools for G4 and later displays.
- neuView The static page generator behind the Cell Type Explorers.
- Paper code Analysis code for individual papers (eye map, LC6, T5 conductance model, optic lobe connectome) on the lab's GitHub.
Datasets
- Optic lobe connectome (optic-lobe v1.1) The male optic lobe connectome in neuPrint, CC-BY 4.0; bulk download on Google Cloud Storage.
- Male CNS connectome The complete male central nervous system connectome portal.