Rosalind Problem Solving in Python | Ep. 1: Python Basics
Join Phillip Compeau, Carnegie Mellon professor and Rosalind co-founder, for a Python live problem-solving session on Rosalind — a platform for learning bioinformatics through coding. In Episode 1, we tackle foundational problems.
00:00 Start screen
06:56 A love letter to Rosalind
18:49 Directory setup
23:27 DNA: Counting DNA nucleotides
47:59 RNA: Transcribing DNA into RNA
1:00:15 REVC: Complementing a Strand of DNA
1:25:47 HAMM: Counting Point Mutations
1:32:32 SUBS: Finding a Motif in DNA
1:45:47 PROT: Translating RNA into Protein
1:55:01 GC: Computing GC Content
2:12:37 Next time, and happy coding!
Starter code link: https://shorturl.at/8wPJK
Completed code link: https://shorturl.at/9EWQ8
Problems covered:
🧬 Counting DNA Nucleotides: https://rosalind.info/problems/dna/
🧬 Transcribing DNA into RNA: https://rosalind.info/problems/rna/
🧬 Complementing a Strand of DNA: https://rosalind.info/problems/revc/
🧬 Counting Point Mutations: https://rosalind.info/problems/hamm/
🧬 Finding a Motif in DNA: https://rosalind.info/problems/subs/
🧬 Translating RNA into Protein: https://rosalind.info/problems/prot/
🧬 Computing GC Content: https://rosalind.info/problems/gc/
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