Race News

Four continents, twenty teams

Twenty teams from US, Europe, Asia, and Australia have signed up to compete in the Dicty World Race.  Besides Dicty…

A mini-race of neutrophils

A mini-race in our lab, where neutrophils from healthy donors compete for the titles of the fastest and the smartest.

UPDATES TO RACE STRUCTURE

The race is almost upon us! We have slightly updated the race structure to add a qualifying round between June and July and finals at the end of July.

Race Organization and Potential for Advancing Science

We have many new and exciting updates! The new Dicty Race will use microscopes that stream images to the cloud, and cloud-based computing to allow competitors to get real time analysis. We have put together a schedule to allow for testing new cells, qualifying games and a final competition for dicty, HL60s, mouse neutrophils, and human cells. 

Subscriber Update

Hello Subscribers, Jump into your race car and fasten your seatbelt, it’s time for a Dicty World Race update! Currently…

Testimonials

The racing team from Medizinische Hochschule Hannover set us this picture from their training sessions. “There is no substitute for training hard” and the team led by Jan Faix won a meritorious third place in the 2014 race. (photo credit: Alexander Junemann, Christorf Franke, and Stefan Bruehmann).

Planning for the Race

Starting Dec 7, 2017, Dicty and HL60 cells will race for the “Fastest & Smartest” title. The first step for competing in the race is to sign up with an email address. We will send you a mini-microscope and a dozen microfluidic devices to start testing your cells. Then, you will select the cells with the best chance to win and ship them to our lab before the race.