Retina Journey: Marathon Results
This Marathon took a bit of time, but we made it across the finish line! We finished it in 3 days, 5 …
Retina Journey: Awards!
Eyewire’s Journey to the Center of the Retina has completed, and it’s time turn an eye to our amazing participants! Look below …
Horizontal vs. Amacrine Cells: Amacrines win!
Go go team Amacrine, you really starbursted onto the scene, and crossed the finish line with gusto! Congrats on taking home the …
Retina Journey: Ganglion Cell Marathon
The retinal signal has reached its final destination before exiting the retina! The Ganglion Cell Layer of the retina is chock-full of …
Retina Journey: Bipolar Cell Trivia
Bipolar cells are communication facilitators between the photoreceptors and the ganglion cells. They are called “bipolar” because of their shape – …
Retina Journey: Horizontal vs. Amacrine Cells
The eye-to-brain pipeline through the retina is photoreceptors –> bipolar cells –> ganglion cells. So who are these strange horizonal and amacrine cells, …
Retina Journey: Photoreceptor Accuracy Happy Hours
Photoreceptors! The first stop on our journey through the retina. Photoreceptors are actually located at the back of the retina, which means …
Journey to the Center of the Retina
Eyewire has hosted many competitions throughout the years, but surprisingly we’ve never done one that explores the subject of our entire citizen …
Mapping Neurons in Eyewire II
Once you have access to EyeWire II, use the Starburst Sheet to find cells that need to be mapped. Discussion Board Instructions: …
EyeWire II Cell Index
Eyewire II is a groundbreaking effort to map an entire mouse retina at an unprecedented level of detail. With this, we aim to …
Announcing EyeWire II
Thirteen years, 350,000 players, and over 6,000 neurons later… What began in 2012 with EyeWire has evolved. The sequel is here, fueled …
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 …