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Reflections from the Human Computation Institute Team about the Citizen Science for Health 2025 Conference

Photo caption for featured image: The Human Computation Institute team in Stoos, Switzerland, before the conference — taking in mountain air and big ideas. From left: Ravish Dussaruth, Gretė Vaičaitytė, Caroline Nickerson, Maggie Lane, Luca Michelucci, Pietro Michelucci -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why we went to Zurich At the Human Computation Institute (HCI) [https:

Stall Catchers

Catchathon winners announced!

🏆 GOLD for points goes to: ==**University of Florida**== from Gainesville, USASILVER for points goes to: ==**Sopaipa**== from Santiago, ChileBRONZE for points goes to: ==**Science Soup**== from Vilnius, Lithuania 🏆 GOLD for total annotations goes to: ==**Sopaipa**== from Santiago, ChileSILVER for total annotations goes to: ==**University of Florida**== from Gainesville, USABRONZE for

Catchathons

Follow #Catchathon updates live!

We're about to go LIVE with the epic, inaugural, global Stall Catchers [https://stallcatchers.com/virtualMicroscope] #Catchathon!! Follow the LIVE stream on The Crowd & The Cloud Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/crowdandcloudTV/] from 16:30 UTC, and the #Catchathon hashtag on social media! #Catchathon Tweets [https:

Stall Catchers

New dataset in Stall Catchers - high fat diet

Just in time for the catchathon [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/whats-a-catchathon/], our biomedical collaborators - the Schaffer-Nishimura Lab, prepared a fresh dataset for us to analyze in Stall Catchers [https://stallcatchers.com/main]! The new dataset is focused on the effects of a high fat diet on stalls in the

Stall Catchers

Meet the #Catchathon teams!

> Tomorrow we come together as one people, joined in a common quest to vanquish this debilitating disease for our parents, our friends, our descendants, and ourselves. It will be an honor to break bread with you while we crush Alzheimer's.Pietro Michelucci, lead of EyesOnALZ We'

Stall Catchers

How does playing Stall Catchers help fight Alzheimer's?

Get all the answers in this new great video made by Lindsay & Lisa from out team! You can watch it with Chinese, French, Portugese, Spanish subtitles!

Catchathons

Guia paso a paso para #Catchathon (materials in Spanish)

Si ya estas registrado y tienes un sitio para participar en tu ciudad, estamos aqui para entregarte toda la información que necesites para llevar a cabo la competencia. No te has registrado aún? Registrate ya! [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu8h49IvFVmi3F5YKf--QuReXHMDXpnEM06puq3JaU8K3vpQ/viewform] Que es "CATCHATHON"? Todas

Catchathons

Passo a passo para realizar uma maratona "StallCatchers" #Catchathon (materials in Portugese)

Caso já tenha se registrado para organizar uma reunião local em sua cidade, estamos aqui para lhe disponibilizar toda a informação necessária. Ainda não se registrou? Se registre JÁ! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu8h49IvFVmi3F5YKf--QuReXHMDXpnEM06puq3JaU8K3vpQ/viewform Dúvidas sobre sediar um maratona "Stall Catcher"? Seguem abaixo todas

Catchathons

手把手教你参与 #Catchathon (materials in Chinese)

Translated by Jieyu Zheng (Cornell University) 如果你已经注册了去主办一场位于你所在城市的为了即将到来的Cathathon做准备的当地见面会，这里有你所需要的计划和举办的全部信息！ 还没报名？现在就报名吧！ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu8h49IvFVmi3F5YKf--QuReXHMDXpnEM06puq3JaU8K3vpQ/viewform 什么是“catchathon”? 本文可以回答你的问题。http://blog.eyesonalz.com/whats-a-catchathon/ 当然，如有任何疑问和建议，你随时可以给我们写邮件。我们的邮箱是：info@eyesonalz.com 时间：7月22日 开始时间：16:00 UTC（请参考当地时间） 结束时间：18:00 UTC（总长2小时） 计划清单 * 请点击这里报名（如果还未报名的话）。你需要为你的团队起一个名字！

Stall Catchers

Global community joins forces to fight Alzheimer's (catchathon video)

For two hours as global community we'll work together to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Pietro, lead of EyesOnALZ All you need is a place to go and people who want to help find a cure for Alzheimer's. And we'll provide

Stall Catchers

Meeting with Asta - a catcher in Lithuania!

Eglė here, reporting straight from the Sunrise Valley in Vilnius, Lithuania, where I had the pleasure to meet one of local catchers here in Vilnius - Asta ( Astrocitija) ! > We got in touch with Asta during the #RedeemLoot competition [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/redeem-competition/] in Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com]

Catchathons

Step-by-step guide to #Catchathon

If you are running a local cathathon of Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com/], we're here to bring you all the information that you will need to plan & run it! Catch on up on the first International Catchathon of Stall Catchers here [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/first-epic-catchathon/]! What&

Catchathons

What's a Catchathon ?

> Catchathon is a catching marathon of the Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] citizen science game. Anyone can hold one in their local pub, school, library, hackerspace or anywhere else! How to hold a catchathon? > Firstly, find a place & invite all your friends & family! > Secondly, prepare

The Longest Day

No one should have to lose their memories... (The Longest Day coverage)

And we won't stop until Alzheimer's is just a memory. Judy Johanson, Alzheimer's caregiver Last month we participated in The Longest Day & helped to turn Watertown (MA) purple with a Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] challenge! In case you happen to miss that,

Stall Catchers

#Catchathon Teams (updated)

If you haven't heard yet about the upcoming International Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] #Catchathon, read all about it here [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/we-want-to-buy-you-pizza/]! Want to participate? Sign up here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu8h49IvFVmi3F5YKf--QuReXHMDXpnEM06puq3JaU8K3vpQ/viewform] ! Help us reach (or exceed!) our goal of

Stall Catchers

We want to buy you pizza!

(...or baklava, falafels, empanadas, whatever!) As you may know, especially if you are already part of our "Catchers" community, StallCatchers [http://stallcatchers.com] from EyesOnALZ [http://eyesonalz.com] is an online puzzle-game – similar to Foldit, EyeWire, EteRNA, etc. – designed to speed up research related to Alzheimer’s disease.

#LongestDay Challenge Standings

Check back here for the latest standings for the #LongestDay Challenge (Ends at 8pm U.S. Eastern Time, June 21, 2017). Final Team Standings Congratulations to team "MA/NH Staff to END ALZ" for annotating the most vessels (2,889 - which would take a lab scientist almost

The Crowd & The Cloud

Double Points and Enhanced Leaderboard!

Double Points for the #LongestDay On June 17, our dear friends Steve and Judy Johanson (featured in the public television documentary The Crowd and The Cloud [http://crowdandcloud.org]) invited us to bring Stall Catchers their #LongestDay block party [https://www.facebook.com/crowdandcloudTV/videos/1990136947887499/]. Judy, who takes care

Stall Catchers

Who redeemed the most ?! The winners of #RedeemLoot competition

We've been collecting #RedeemLoot entries [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/redeemloot-updates-live/] all this week & we are ready to announce the winners who will receive our very special Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com]mugs! We separated entries into 4 tiers according to player level in the game: Most redeemed

Stall Catchers

Follow #RedeemLoot updates live!

The #RedeemLoot competition [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/redeem-competition/] had begun & stall catchers are redeeming their long accumulated points left & right!! AND we're adjusting the "rules" a little to give out more prizes! See here: Share your own #RedeemLoot on social media (or send it

Challenges

Redeem your points on Monday & take part in #RedeemLoot competition!

Finally! The day is almost here... If you're a stall catcher [http://stallcatchers.com], you will be able to redeem your well deserved points starting Monday! What's "redeem"? You might have noticed a curious button on Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] that has remained

EyesOnALZ

Busy month behind the scenes!

We've been a little busy working behind the scenes during the last couple of weeks & have lots to report ! First and foremost, our team has met again at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) to discuss short & long term goals and hang out (don't judge -

Conferences

EyesOnALZ at #CitSci2017 conference storified!

Things we saw, things we told, people we met !See Pietro's [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/ghost/team/pietro/] talk on Stall Catchers in page 2 of the Storify... [View the story "EyesOnALZ at #CitSci2017" on Storify [//storify.com/EyesOnALZ/stall-catchers-at-citsci2017]]

#CrushALZ competition storified!

[View the story "Look back at the #CrushALZ competition!" on Storify [//storify.com/EyesOnALZ/look-back-at-the-crushalz-competition]]

Conferences

We're going to Twin Cities for #CitSci2017 conference next week!

We're participating in Citizen Science Association 2017 conference in Twin Cities (US) next week - the largest citizen science conference out there! :) See below for events open to the public, if you're in town! Pietro [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/ghost/team/pietro/] is going to present

Challenges

Replay #CrowdCloudLIVE featuring Stall Catchers & #CrushALZ!

We had an awesome #CrowdCloudLIVE hangout last night, hosted by The Crowd & The Cloud [http://crowdandcloud.org/] producer/director Geoff Haines-Stiles and joined live by our own catchers & leaders of the #CrushALZ competition, as well as Pietro Michelucci of EyesOnALZ, Chris Schaffer of the Schaffer-Nishimura Lab & Diane