{"id":18414,"date":"2020-04-27T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=18414"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:42:04","slug":"looking-for-virtual-library-programming-opportunities-something-to-do-while-sheltering-in-place-engage-in-a-citizen-science-project","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/looking-for-virtual-library-programming-opportunities-something-to-do-while-sheltering-in-place-engage-in-a-citizen-science-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Science &amp; Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18415\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/StallCatchers-logo-1-21-300x143.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/StallCatchers-logo-1-21-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/StallCatchers-logo-1-21.png 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm\/stall-catchers-nlm\">Stall Catchers<\/a> is an easy online game developed to help accelerate Alzheimer\u2019s research. The game was created by the scientists at Cornell University to support their EyesOnAlz research project. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm\/stall-catchers-nlm\">SciStarter.org<\/a> project description, Stall Catchers focuses on one aspect of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease: reduced blood flow in the brain. This symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s has been known about for years, but, until now, nobody knew <em>why <\/em>reduced blood flow happens in the brain. Scientists are now finding a connection between blood flow and memory and they are testing that connection by inviting ordinary people to help by playing a simple game called <a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm\/stall-catchers-nlm\">Stall Catchers<\/a>. When blood flow is stuck, the scientists call that a \u201cstall\u201d thus the name of the game, \u201cStall Catchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How does it work? Stall Catchers\u2019 participants watch videos of mice brains and \u201ccatch\u201d blood flow stalls. Not a neuroscientist or animal biologist? No worries, participants are taught how to score blood vessels as \u201cflowing\u201d or \u201cstalled.\u201d Responses are shared with the EyesOnAlz scientists who use this data to help them fully understand how stalls are contributing to Alzheimer\u2019s. The goal is to use this knowledge to uncover potential treatment targets in the brain. To play, participants, need a Smartphone (or computer) and an internet connection. This citizen science project is important, easy and fun!<\/p>\n<p>So, who\u2019s ready to advance scientific discovery from the comfort of their living room and help Alzheimer\u2019s research?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm\/stall-catchers-nlm\">Stall Catchers,<\/a> that\u2019s who!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stall Catchers is an easy online game developed to help accelerate Alzheimer\u2019s research. The game was created by the scientists at Cornell University to support their EyesOnAlz research project. According to the SciStarter.org project description, Stall Catchers focuses on one aspect of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease: reduced blood flow in the brain. This symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s has&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/looking-for-virtual-library-programming-opportunities-something-to-do-while-sheltering-in-place-engage-in-a-citizen-science-project\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,236,9,4,11],"tags":[95,230,119,57,124],"class_list":["post-18414","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-all-of-us","category-citizen-science","category-health-literacy","category-regional-news","category-public-libraries","tag-all-of-us","tag-citizen-science","tag-consumer-health","tag-health-literacy","tag-public-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18414"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18481,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions\/18481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}