Ting Zhao

Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system

A FIB-SEM connectome of the male Drosophila right optic lobe sorts ∼53,000 neurons into 727 types, with neurotransmitter predictions and 577 matched split-GAL4 lines.

Stochastic growth and selective stabilization generate stereotyped dendritic arbors

The paper shows that dendritic growth is stochastic and ligand-free, while ligand binding inhibits growth and specifies shape in C. elegans neurons.

A Connectome of the Male Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord

Roughly 23 thousand traced neurons and 10 million TBars of the male Drosophila nerve cord, reconstructed from electron microscopy, typed, and queryable in neuPrint down to motor neurons.

BigNeuron: A resource to benchmark and predict best-performing algorithms for automated reconstruction of neuronal morphology

BigNeuron benchmarks automatic neuron reconstruction algorithms using gold standard annotations and image quality metrics, showing that consensus methods outperform individual algorithms.

A Connectome and Analysis of the Adult Drosophila Central Brain

The paper presents a detailed connectome of the adult Drosophila central brain, including new methods for data analysis and biological insights into neural circuit organization.

A Connectome of the Adult Drosophila Central Brain

A dense electron-microscopy reconstruction of half the fly central brain, with nearly every cell typed and queryable online, turns months of tracing partners into a database lookup.

Accelerated EM Connectome Reconstruction using 3D Visualization and Segmentation Graphs

This paper introduces semi-automated strategies combining 3D visualization and machine guidance to accelerate EM connectome reconstruction, showing improved performance over prior methods.

ShuTu: Open-Source Software for Efficient and Accurate Reconstruction of Dendritic Morphology

ShuTu is a software tool that enables efficient and accurate reconstruction of dendritic morphology from bright-field microscopy images through automated identification and manual correction.

Automatic Tracing of Ultra-Volume of Neuronal Images

UltraTracer extends neuron-tracing algorithms to handle ultra-large image datasets, achieving scalability and efficiency improvements over existing methods.