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Rob Court

University of EdinburghORCID 0000-0002-0173-9080Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:large language model· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1

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J. Douglas ArmstrongiD· 2 shared Alex D. McLachlaniD· 1 shared Andrew Michael SeedsiD· 1 shared Carsten DuchiD· 1 shared Clare PilgrimiD· 1 shared Darren W. WilliamsiD· 1 shared David John MerrittiD· 1 shared David Osumi-SutherlandiD· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 14, 2026

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VFB-MCP: Natural-Language Access to Drosophila Neuroscience Grounded by an Expert-Curated Ontology-Led Knowledgebase

Alex D. McLachlan, Rob Court, Clare Pilgrim…·J. Douglas Armstrong

Model Context Protocol tools over Virtual Fly Brain's graph let Claude answer 25/30 Drosophila neuroscience tasks precisely, vs 14/30 with web search, 2/30 bare.

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DrosophilascRNA-seq

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NeuroscienceNeuronPeer-reviewedSep 1, 2020

A Systematic Nomenclature for the Drosophila Ventral Nervous System

Rob Court, Shigehiro Namiki, J. Douglas Armstrong…·David Shepherd

The paper provides a systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nervous system, extending an existing framework to include thoracic and abdominal neuromeres.

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Drosophiladatabase / resource

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