This year, the Lewis Science Library, in partnership with the Council on Science and Technology, will be hosting Princeton's first-ever Citizen Science Day!
On April 13, 2019, the Princeton community will be participating in this year's featured citizen science event, the Stall Catchers Megathon.
What is Stall Catchers?
Stall Catchers is an online citizen science game that anyone can play - no experience necessary. In the game, you look at movies from the brains of mice and try to identify vessels as flowing or stalled. This helps to speed up Alzheimer's disease research at Cornell University.
What is a Megathon?
A Megathon is a 'mega catching marathon' played in Stall Catchers. On April 13, 2019 from 2-3:00pm EST, participants from around the world will play Stall Catchers at the same time. For ONE HOUR, participants will try to collect enough data to save researchers one year of research time in the lab and also break the world record for most participants in citizen science project.
Interested but can't make it to the event?
Play from anywhere! Stall Catchers can be played on a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone, If you can't make it to the event, you can still contribute to research by playing online from home or where ever you may be! Make sure that in StallCatchers you join our team, CitSciPrinceton! This will help us figure out how much data the Princeton community has gathered and how my time we have saved researchers in the lab! Click here to join our team!
Before the Event:
Register for the Citizen Science Day @ Princeton Event
At the Event:
Register for the Megathon here if you haven’t yet.
Register or sign in to Stall Catchers and check out the game ahead of time. Don’t worry - it’s easy to grasp, and we walk you through in the beginning!
Join the CitSciPrinceton Team!
Check out the tutorial and other intro materials here.
Participate in the Megathon on April 13, 1:30 to 3:30 PM EST at the Lewis Science Library, Second-floor, Room 228 or Online and help us make a dent Alzheimer’s research!
Where: Lewis Science Library, Princeton University. Second-floor, Room 228
When: 1:00-3:30pm, Saturday, April 13, 2019
Parking: Lot 14, across the street from the Library. Parking is free on the weekends.
Registration: Please let us know you are coming! Register here.
1:00-2:00pm: Register for Megathon and sign up to play on the CitSciPrinceton Team
Learn how to play the Stall Catchers game
Lunch + Snacks (provided for participants)
2:00-3:00pm: MEGATHON! Log on to Stall Catchers and contribute to as much data collection as possible in ONE HOUR!
3:00-3:30pm: We did it! Now we can see how much time our team has saved researchers in the lab and celebrate our contribution to real science!
For more information or inquiries, please contact mtesterman@princeton.edu
Click here to sign up for the CitSci@Princeton Listserv (1-2 emails a month)
