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openworm.org @openworm.org · 01/05/2026

This is the largest single donation in OpenWorm's 13-year history. We won't waste it. Full announcement + 2026 plans: openworm.tumblr.com/post/8154355... New to Bluesky! This is our first post. Follow along as we work toward a complete model of C. elegans in the open.

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openworm.org @openworm.org · 01/05/2026

We're organizing 2026 around: 29 Design Documents specifying how to model C. elegans, all under scientific review A contributor ladder from newcomer to maintainer AI-augmented contribution: human-authored specs, human-approved merges The science is human-led. The scaling is AI-assisted.

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openworm.org @openworm.org · 01/05/2026

Recent progress: Design Documents: 29 draft technical specifications covering all major subsystems, under scientific review. ConnectomeToolbox: unified Python API for 30+ C. elegans connectome datasets. Paper nearing completion.

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openworm.org @openworm.org · 01/05/2026

We are deeply honored. And we're channeling that into action.

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openworm.org @openworm.org · 01/05/2026

In a note accompanying his gift, John expressed his deep belief in OpenWorm's founding goal and his conviction that with modern data now globally accessible, that goal may well be attainable. The person whose work made our project possible believes the goal is now within reach.

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openworm.org @openworm.org · 01/05/2026

In 1986, John White published "The Mind of a Worm," the first complete wiring diagram of any animal's brain. 7,000+ synapses in C. elegans, mapped by hand. This year he won the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences. And he's donating his share to OpenWorm.

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