Some of the queries given to us at NeuroFly 2026

Some of the queries given to us at NeuroFly 2026

Real queries put to VFB at the NeuroFly 2026 workshop table, answered live and kept here as worked examples

At the VFB table during NeuroFly 2026 (Cologne, September 2026), people put real queries to us about their own neurons of interest. Each one below was answered live with the VFB MCP — the same tool the No-Code track teaches — and the answer, including any figure it produced, is kept here as a worked example.

These aren’t scripted demos: they’re genuine queries, the tool calls that answered them, and an honest account of what VFB’s data does and doesn’t say.

Index

QueryAskedSummary
Ring-shaped neurons in the fly connectome7 Sept 2026Which VFB neuron types have a ring-shaped morphology, and what does VFB hold on them
What feeds the moonwalker descending neuron?7 Sept 2026MDN’s strongest presynaptic partners, cross-checked across two independent connectomes
Split-GAL4 lines targeting PPL18 Sept 2026Why the whole-class query undercounts, and where PPL1’s real split coverage lives, subtype by subtype
Connections to Tm38 Sept 2026Tm3’s strongest recorded inputs, and why the whole-class connectivity query surfaces ontology umbrella terms first
Connectivity between L3 and Tm99 Sept 2026The per-pair synapse-count distribution of a canonical optic-lobe connection, and how consistently it holds across three connectomes
What neuromodulator data does VFB hold?9 Sept 2026Curated class assertions versus per-neuron EM transmitter predictions, and where the gaps are
MBONs, the ‘dopaminergic’ DNp32, and flight9 Sept 2026Weak MBON20/MBON35 input, three connectomes predicting three different monoamines, and output that goes to leg and jump motor neurons rather than wing or haltere

Each entry records the query as it was asked, the VFB MCP tools and queries used to answer it, what came back, and the caveats — not just the headline numbers.