Sparkling Chandeliers of Cortex
What’s in a brain? So many cells; such great variety! When it comes to neurons, they can be broadly categorized as either …
Aluminum Casting a Neuron
When you spend your days and nights looking at the beautifully intricate branches of neurons, sometimes it’s nice to take a break …
Eyewire Cup Quarterfinals: Results
Congrats to the top 4 teams moving on to the Semifinals: Antarctica, Egypt, Poland, and Switzerland! QF1: Antarctica vs Canada Winner: Antarctica …
Eyewire Cup Quarterfinals
The Quarterfinals are upon us and 8 spectacular teams have earned their spot to compete! Congratulations to the advancing countries: Antarctica United …
Eyewire Cup Qualifiers
The Eyewire Cup will kick off tomorrow with a week of qualifiers for the 8 coveted spots in the Cup. During the …
Welcome to the Eyewire Cup!
Grab your vuvuzela, the 2018 Eyewire World Cup is here! All countries are eligible but only the top 8 from the qualifiers …
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 …
Player Progression in Eyewire
Eyewire is only possible with a great community. You may think that Eyewirers just play cubes. In reality there is so much …
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 …
Alice in Neuroland: Accuracy Happy Hours
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not …
Alice’s Adventures in Neuroland
It’s been an ordinary afternoon, perhaps, but for anyone with an active imagination there’s never quite such a thing as “ordinary.” Here …