BANC - Are Flyers Welcome?

BANC
#1

Hi all! I’ve missed you - life had a major shift for me shortly after we had the paper pre-publish and so I haven’t been around.

I saw the BANC video tonight though and wondered - are we Flyers welcome to join the project? While I don’t have as much time as I used to for proofing, I miss it and would love to hop in and contribute more.

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#2

Hi AzureJay,

Yes! Flyers are welcome to join the BANC. With the announcement in today’s FlyWire Town Hall, the BANC is officially open for Early Access.

There are some key differences with the BANC from FlyWire:

  • The BANC uses a different version of neuroglancer called Spelunker (it has some handy improvements!)
  • As mentioned in the Town Hall, the lightbulb menu is still under development
  • Synapse detection is still processing for the BANC. We use synapses to help identify/find cells to proofread, so currently there is not a precise “list” of cells to be proofread

We’re working on resources to address these aspects and will let you all know when those are available! For the moment, please feel free to make a request for BANC access by filling out the form here: FlyWire

More updates to come soon!

Cheers,
M.

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#3

hi
I did see your e-post about eyewire 2 opening for scythes and above.
Is this another dataset than we are working on in pyr now?
Will the players already in PYR have acess or will we also have to fill out the request?

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#4

Eyewire 2? What eyewire 2? lol

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#5

from the epost sent by HQ

Eyewire II

We’re extremely pleased to announce the arrival of Eyewire II , the successor project to Eyewire!

Eyewire II will feature another retina dataset, and will be hosted on our new platform, also fittingly called “spelunker!” Dive into our newest project, where you’ll get to proofread your own cell, interact with crisp new cell images, and work alongside a majorly improved AI!

If you’re interested in participating in Eyewire II, you can express your interest here! We are also hosting a live Q&A in the Eyewire chat next Friday 4/4 at 3:30 PM ET. Hope to see you there!

We are currently inviting players rank Scythe and above to the platform, but we may expand our open invitations in the future as we develop more features for the new platform!

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#6

I wonder if it’s the new retina dataset in pyr or something else…either way, expressed interest. lol

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#7

Hi All!

Yes! Eyewire II (a second retina dataset) is here! :partying_face: :eye: :eye: :two:

We’ll first be inviting Flyers who are already in Pyr/FlyWire and familiar with the Spelunker version of neuroglancer to start proofreading in Eyewire II.

Please keep an eye on your email as we’ll be sending out invitations soon.

Cheers!

PS. Yes this is separate project from Pyr as it is a retina dataset and not part of the cerebral cortex that has Pyramidal cells. As we’ve hinted at previously, we’re working on a lot datasets here at the lab!

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#8

I’m starting to need more hands and eyes lol, can only work on so many datasets concurrently. :sweat_smile:

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#9

and this new retina dataset…the glia will it be more complete or only the cylinders of doom again like in ew? lol I’m really looking forward to just tracing whole SB/BP cells lol

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#10

now that EW dataset’s out, will there be any more MFs to complete or is that dataset done (or at least our participation w/ it)?

#11

It’s not done, we just now have multiple datasets to choose from :slight_smile: the priority at the moment seems to be Eyewire 2, and later this year it will probably be a new and huge hippocampus dataset

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