Mouse and fruit fly brains being scanned and tested.
Scientists map fruit fly and mouse brains by converting physical biology into a digital simulation using microscopic precision and artificial intelligence.
Constructing the core groundwork of this process requires four essential steps:
Diamond knives slice the preserved brain into physical sections just 30 to 40 nanometres thick.
Electron microscopes capture millions of high-resolution digital photographs of these microscopic slices.
AI algorithms align the flat images, stack them into a 3D model, and automatically trace the paths of individual neurons.
The resulting connectome (the complete wiring map) is run as a virtual brain simulation to see how sensory inputs trigger physical reflexes.
I feel like this work of research is a part of my purpose.
Constructing the core groundwork of this process requires four essential steps:
Diamond knives slice the preserved brain into physical sections just 30 to 40 nanometres thick.
Electron microscopes capture millions of high-resolution digital photographs of these microscopic slices.
AI algorithms align the flat images, stack them into a 3D model, and automatically trace the paths of individual neurons.
The resulting connectome (the complete wiring map) is run as a virtual brain simulation to see how sensory inputs trigger physical reflexes.
I feel like this work of research is a part of my purpose.
