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  • To trace, or not to trace? How to know when your cell is finished

    To trace, or not to trace? How to know when your cell is finished

    How perfect is too perfect? Let’s go over some tricks and tips to decide when it’s time to stop proofreading.

    May 11, 2022
  • FlyWire Help: What will my cell look like?

    FlyWire Help: What will my cell look like?

    Take a look at the morphology of cells in the optical column, the area of the fly brain we are reconstructing.

    May 3, 2022
  • How to Access the FlyWire Production Dataset

    How to Access the FlyWire Production Dataset

    Once you feel comfortable making edits in the FlyWire Sandbox, it’s time to request access to the master dataset aka Production.

    April 29, 2022
  • Claiming and Completing Cells in FlyWire

    Claiming and Completing Cells in FlyWire

    Once you have been granted access to FlyWire’s Production Dataset, you’re ready to use your new power as a force for science.

    April 29, 2022
  • FlyWire Help! Quick Commands

    FlyWire Help! Quick Commands

    A help menu is available to you in the FlyWire overview. However, it can be a bit difficult to parse some of these commands. This post will act as a quick reference for some of FlyWire’s most used mouse and keyboard commands.

    April 28, 2022
  • FlyWire Help! Name that Error

    FlyWire Help! Name that Error

    Did you receive and error message when trying to edit in FlyWire? This reference will help you get you back on track!

    April 28, 2022
  • FlyWire 101

    FlyWire 101

    Welcome to FlyWire, a new project to map the entire adult Drosophila (fruit fly) brain!

    April 22, 2022
  • FlyWire: Column Countdown

    FlyWire: Column Countdown

    Our first goal in FlyWire is an optical column. We initially define this as all the synaptic partners of one Medulla neuron. Together, that comes to 160 cells total. How fast can we map them?

    April 21, 2022
  • Key Differences Between FlyWire & Eyewire

    Key Differences Between FlyWire & Eyewire

    If you’re joining FlyWire from our original citizen science project Eyewire, you’ll have swiftly noticed that while interpreting EM slide data remains fundamentally the same between both platforms, many things on FlyWire work differently. These distinctions can be summarized under new commands, new techniques, and new challenges.

    April 21, 2022
  • Glossary of fly ultrastructure and morphology

    Glossary of fly ultrastructure and morphology

    A visual glossary of fly neuroanatomy.

    April 21, 2022
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