A Beautiful Brain
Let’s congratulate ourselves…we’ve finished our first J cell! Last night we weren’t able to discover new branches. Only a few false ones …
EyeLearn on EyeWire!
In 2010, the NIH announced that it would award 40 million to fund the Human Connectome Project. The goal of this …
Explore the Future of Neuroscience
Explore the future of Neuroscience with Harvard Professor Josh Sanes. Harvard University Professor and Director of Harvard’s Center for Brain Sciences, Josh …
EyeWire: On the Shoulders of Giants
Play EyeWire and shine light on one of today’s greatest mysteries: the connectome. Help recruit EyeWirers to map the retinal connectome by sharing this …
What is a connectome?
What is a connectome, anyway? We asked on Quora and David Zhou, Masters Student at Carnegie Mellon University, answered. A connectome is a wiring diagram of …
10 Maxims About Your Identity from Sebastian Seung
10 Maxims About Your Identity. Originally published in 33 Voices. 1. The brain is awesome in its complexity. 2. Your connectome will …
I am my connectome: Sebastian Seung’s TEDTalk
You are more than your genes. So what are you? Sebastian Seung introduces the connectome at TED with the idea that who …
Brain Brawl: Sebastian Seung vs Tony Movshon at Columbia University
Does the brain’s wiring make us who we are? Neuroscientists Sebastian Seung and Anothony Movshon debate minds, maps, and the future of …
Q&A with Sebastian Seung
What is a connectome, and why does it matter? Look inside the mind with Sebastian Seung in this Q&A, originally published in Time. …
Carl Zimmer writes about EyeWire in Discover Magazine | The Brain: Connections May Be the Key
The Brain: Connections May Be the Key Once we model the connectome—the million billion points of contact between neurons in the brain—we’ll glimpse …