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 …
Science Hangout with Alex Bae, lead author on Eyewire’s “Cell” Publication
Congratulations Eyewirers! As you may have heard, Eyewire’s latest research has been published in the journal Cell and all 29,276 Eyewirers who …
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.
Celebrate the National Eye Institute’s 50th Birthday with Vision Science Competitions!
We’re teaming up with the National Eye Institute to host a series of science-themed competitions that will take place between March and October, 2018. Kick things off with a special Scythe Marathon beginning at 8 am on Monday, March 5. Look for the NEI Marathon cell and race to trace, for the results of this marathon will be on display at an event on Capital Hill in Washington, DC on March 21!
A Cortex Neuron Mural at Princeton by Kfay
Everything you think and feel is manifested in the brain as electrical and chemical activity within an extraordinarily complex network of neurons. …
Neuron Bundle: Neo Update
Ever since Neo was announced, Seung Lab has been working hard to prepare new research tools (AIs, annotations, data sharing hubs, visualizations, etc) …
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 …
Rebecca Saxe’s Quest to Understand Baby Brains
How are we who we are? MIT neuroscience professor Rebecca Saxe is on a scientific quest to figure that out by studying the …
Flying Through the Human Brain in 3D
The extraordinary human brain is covered in gray matter called cerebral cortex, a six-layered zone of cells where computation happens. Beneath the shaded …
Announcing Brain Box and The Open Neuroimaging Lab
We’re thrilled to announce The Open Neuroimaging Laboratory and BrainBox, a new project made possible by the Open Science Prize! The brain is …