Worm Watch Lab
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Facts about "Worm Watch Lab"
Has address | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK + |
Has citizen science subject area | biology/medicine/neuroscience + |
Has collective performance feedback | N/A + |
Has community manager | N/A + |
Has community tools | Website +, Blog + and Other + |
Has completion level | Medium + |
Has contact person URL | http://team@zooniverse.org + |
Has data types to manipulate | other + |
Has field of science | biology +, genetics +, medicine + and neuroscience + |
Has individual performance feedback | N/A + |
Has infrastructure | Zooniverse + |
Has interface usability | easy to use + |
Has location of activities | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology +, Cambridge + and UK + |
Has main institution | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge + |
Has member profiles | N/A + |
Has other data types to manipulate | videos + |
Has participant contribution type | data analysis + |
Has participant task description | When you classify on wormwatchlab.org you’re shown a video of a worm wriggling around. The aim of the game is to watch and wait for the worm to lay eggs, and to hit the ‘z’ key when they do. + |
Has partner institutions | Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of the Medical Research Council Centenary year programme + and Medical Research Foundation + |
Has peer to peer guidance | N/A + |
Has project access URL | http://www.wormwatchlab.org/ + |
Has project description | We need the public’s help in observing the … We need the public’s help in observing the behaviour of tiny nematode worms. When you classify on wormwatchlab.org you’re shown a video of a worm wriggling around. The aim of the game is to watch and wait for the worm to lay eggs, and to hit the ‘z’ key when they do. eggs, and to hit the ‘z’ key when they do. + |
Has project name | Worm Watch Lab + |
Has project news site | http://blog.wormwatchlab.org/ + |
Has project news updates | less than weekly + |
Has project purpose | By watching these worms lay eggs, you’re helping to collect valuable data about genetics that will assist medical research by helping us understand how the brain works and how genes affect behaviour. + |
Has project start date | June 30, 2013 + |
Has research progress feedback | N/A + |
Has research question | The idea is that if a gene is involved in a visible behaviour +, then mutations that break that gene might lead to detectable behavioural changes. The type of change gives us a hint about what the affected gene might be doing. Although it is small and has far fewer cells than we do +, C. elegans has almost as many genes and because we share a common ancestor even with worms +, many of them are closely related to human genes. This presents us with the opportunity to study the function of genes that are important for human brain function in an animal that is easier to handle +, great for microscopy and genetics + and and has a generation time of only a few days. + |
Has screenshot | Screen Shot 2013-11-15 at 11.51.05.png + |
Has social software sites | Twitter + and Facebook + |
Has subject area | Medical and health sciences + |
Has team link | http://www.wormwatchlab.org/#/team + |
Has team work | N/A + |
Has training sequence | N/A + |
Has tutorials and documentation | N/A + |
Has volonteer computing | no + |
Has volonteer gaming | no + |
Has volonteer sensing | no + |
Has volonteer thinking | no + |
Is open | true + |
Last edition | November 15, 2013 + |