The neuron formerly known as 5to is now named Arachne!
The results are in and Arachne is the name of our third newly discovered ganglion cell type! This name was nominated …
Round 3 of neuron naming is now underway!
The 129 Eyewirers who completed over 5,000 cubes during the Countdown to Neuropia, which contributed to the recent publication in Cell, are now eligible to …
Theia: The first neuron discovered and named by gamers
The community has spoken. The official name of the first neuron type ever discovered by Eyewirers is Theia! Theia is a …
Electron Microscope Image Through the Whole Retina
Eyewire is so named because we are mapping neurons of the retina. The image above shows a labeled cross-section through the whole …
An Eyewirer’s Guide to Naming Newly Discovered Cells
29,276 Eyewirers contributed to reconstructing nearly 400 ganglion cells in a recent Seung Lab+Eyewirers publication that discovered 6 new cell types. Those …
Structural and Functional Diversity of Eyewire Neurons Revealed
Big news, Eyewirers! Your latest research has been published in the journal Cell and all 29,276 Eyewirers who helped are coauthors. Thanks to a …
Ever wonder where the axons of Eyewire cells end up?
The endpoints of cells like those that send projections out of the Eyewire dataset.
New Eyewire Publication in Cell: A Classification for Retinal Ganglion Cells
A New Classification of Ganglion Neurons An exciting new prepublication paper from the Seung Lab squad is available on biorxiv! We’ve been working …
Next in EyeWire: Mystery Cells
Now that the first EyeWire dataset is complete, let’s switch up the game. The next stage of EyeWire involves identifying mystery cells …