- neuPrint Explorer and its companion GitHub repository (connectome-neuprint/neuPrint) were highlighted as open-source tools for importing and querying large-scale connectome data into the Neo4j graph database, enabling public exploration of Drosophila brain wiring diagrams.  
- A 2017 paper on “Enhanced FIB-SEM systems for large-volume 3D imaging” (PMC5476429) was shared, documenting technical advances that allow continuous, multi-year Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB-SEM) runs—specifically two years of uninterrupted imaging of an entire fly brain.  
- A recent HHMI/Janelia presentation slide deck (07-HHMI-Xu.pdf, hosted at fibsem.net) was linked, presumably detailing the latest hardware and protocol improvements that make such long-duration, high-resolution connectomic imaging feasible.  
- Collectively, the discussion centered on the maturation of automated volumetric electron microscopy pipelines and the open data ecosystems (neuPrint + Neo4j) that translate terabyte-scale raw images into queryable neuronal circuit maps.