With the firm's principals located in Cambridge and in Seattle, WA, FlySorter had been in the development of technology for lab automation, with a focus onDrosophila melanogaster: fruit flies - commonly used in the study of genetics, behavior, neuroscience, disease, and more. In March 2020, management posted that - with sadness - FlySorter would cease operations as of thatdate. THey did however anticipate that they expected to publish many of the firm's designs and information within a few months.