OpenFly Data is an independent science journal for people who like asking how we know what we know. We explore biology, data and the small reading habits that make a complicated subject more approachable.
You might arrive with a spreadsheet you do not quite understand, a chart that looks surprising, or a question about why scientists study a particular organism. Our aim is to help you find a useful next question.
Three ways in
Data, Decoded explores the context behind a dataset. Seeing the Numbers looks at charts and comparisons. Life Under the Lens follows questions about biology and how research works.
A new editorial publication
This website is not the historical OpenFlyData research service and is not affiliated with its former operators. We do not provide its gene-expression database, archived search tools or SPARQL endpoints. Today, the domain hosts an independent reading journal.
Our editorial approach explains how we use sources, illustrative examples and images.