# Aedes aegypti **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Common name:** Yellow fever mosquito **Type:** Disease-vector species **Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Relationships - A female whole-brain connectome is the objective of a [[wiki/Wellcome Discovery Award|Wellcome Discovery Award]] described in the source. - Investigators include [[wiki/Gregory Jefferis|Gregory Jefferis]], [[wiki/Elizabeth Marin|Elizabeth Marin]], [[wiki/Wei-Chung Allen Lee|Wei-Chung Allen Lee]], and [[wiki/Meg Younger|Meg Younger]]. - The project extends [[wiki/Whole-Brain Connectomics|whole-brain connectomics]] from a canonical model organism toward a [[wiki/Disease Vector|disease-vector]] species. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **FlyWire: Whole-Brain Completeness at Insect Scale** provides the narrative context for **Aedes aegypti**: In May 2025, Jefferis and Elizabeth Marin secured a Wellcome Discovery Award to produce 'A whole-brain connectome of the female Aedes aegypti mosquito,' in collaboration with Wei-Chung Allen Lee (Harvard Medical School) and Meg… <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 -->