#sourcecode
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
In each group of 4-5 there were specific roles for each group member and artist, biologist, bioinformaticists and project manager. Our overall objective for this project was to use a persons DNA sequence we chose on the website 23andme, and identify their ancestry and possible diseases. We saved the file onto a drive on the computer. Once we discovered that information we had to create an infographic that went into detail about the person's ancestry and a potential disease and how we found it. Here is where the #sourcecode comes in, we had to find that out by coding. The google definition for source code is “a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.” We essentially had to very specifically type on the computer what we want it to do. There were two parts to the coding process and part one seemed hard when we first began but it was simple compared to part two. Part one was figuring out how to tell the computer to open the file that was saved on the drive with the data. As soon as the we were able to make the computer open the file we had access to the data. Part two was essential for determining the person's ancestry.
I took on two roles in this project, the bioinformaticists and the project manager. As a bioinformaticists my job was to write the computer code that reads through the genotypes of the individual, from the website 23andme, and compares their data to thousands of other individuals. With the result of that, my group was able to compare the ancestry of the individual we chose. Part one of the code was essentially opening the file of the individual from 23andme. Part two the computer opened the 1KG file that the genetic information of around one thousand other individuals and is compared to the 23andme file.
A huge challenge myself and my group faced was completing the computer program. With the help of the other bioinformaticists we were able to run a fully working code. Something I learned I can truly use after high school is the computer programming. I have never done anything close to that in a project. It was a huge challenge personally but I am grateful for having the resource of my peers and teachers.
In each group of 4-5 there were specific roles for each group member and artist, biologist, bioinformaticists and project manager. Our overall objective for this project was to use a persons DNA sequence we chose on the website 23andme, and identify their ancestry and possible diseases. We saved the file onto a drive on the computer. Once we discovered that information we had to create an infographic that went into detail about the person's ancestry and a potential disease and how we found it. Here is where the #sourcecode comes in, we had to find that out by coding. The google definition for source code is “a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.” We essentially had to very specifically type on the computer what we want it to do. There were two parts to the coding process and part one seemed hard when we first began but it was simple compared to part two. Part one was figuring out how to tell the computer to open the file that was saved on the drive with the data. As soon as the we were able to make the computer open the file we had access to the data. Part two was essential for determining the person's ancestry.
I took on two roles in this project, the bioinformaticists and the project manager. As a bioinformaticists my job was to write the computer code that reads through the genotypes of the individual, from the website 23andme, and compares their data to thousands of other individuals. With the result of that, my group was able to compare the ancestry of the individual we chose. Part one of the code was essentially opening the file of the individual from 23andme. Part two the computer opened the 1KG file that the genetic information of around one thousand other individuals and is compared to the 23andme file.
A huge challenge myself and my group faced was completing the computer program. With the help of the other bioinformaticists we were able to run a fully working code. Something I learned I can truly use after high school is the computer programming. I have never done anything close to that in a project. It was a huge challenge personally but I am grateful for having the resource of my peers and teachers.
Code Art
#sourcecode Paragraph Explanations
Roxanna Miller
Explanation to 8 year-old
Source code is like instructions or rules you type into a computer that tells it what to do, just like how your teacher gives you instructions in class for you to follow. One example of code, remember code is something you type to tell a computer what to do, is if you tell a computer to write your name. Then you type print “Your Name” which is the same thing as when your teacher tells you to write your name on your paper, but you’re just making the computer do it for you on the computer. In groups of 4-5 everyone had their own jobs. There was one artist, biologist, bioinformaticist, and project manager. Our class had to code and tell the computer to do very specific things, but that’s not the only thing we did. Each person on this world has DNA that makes them different from others, there isn’t another person on the world that has the same DNA as you or your siblings or your friends. On a website called 23andme there are a bunch of peoples DNA sequence which is like the pattern that makes them who they are. You also have a pattern called a DNA sequence. On 23andme our groups had to choose a persons DNA sequence on the website and find specific things about that person. We saved the persons DNA in a file on our computer. With that person’s unique pattern, we were able to find out things such as what color their eyes, hair, and skin are, some diseases they might have, and even where they came from. The way we had to figure that out was through coding on the computer. We some how had to find a way to tell the computer to find all of those things. Our code had two parts we had to complete. Part one was opening the file that had all of the information we needed. We had to save the file on a drive on our computer then tell the computer to open that exact file. Once the file was opened by the computer, part two was getting all the information we needed from the file to figure out the person's ancestry, in other words where they came from.
Explanation to high school student/average exhibition visitor
In each group of 4-5 there were specific roles for each group member and artist, biologist, bioinformaticists and project manager. The bioinformaticists spent a handful of hours in class in front of a computer coding. As I mentioned before, we worked in groups of course and each group had a group name which was a Star Wars theme. Every group was named after a Star Wars character and as a little side assignment we made code art of our Star Wars character, which is a photo solely made from the code we wrote. The google definition for source code is “a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.” We had to type out specific instructions for the computer to complete. From the website 23andme we chose a persons and their DNA sequence to find out some characteristics about them. The data from that person was then saved onto a drive on the computer. We were looking for some potential diseases the person might have had and their ancestry. There were two parts to the coding process. Part one was figuring out how to tell the computer to open the file that was saved on the drive with the data. As soon as the we were able to make the computer open the file we had access to the data. Part two was essential for determining the person's ancestry. To exhibit our findings with major help from the artists our group created an infographic that went into detail about the person's ancestry and a potential disease and how we found it.
Explanation to person with physics Ph.D
In each group of 4-5 there were specific roles for each group member and artist, biologist, bioinformaticists and project manager. Our overall objective for this project was to use a persons DNA sequence we chose on the website 23andme, and identify their ancestry and possible diseases. We saved the file onto a drive on the computer. Once we discovered that information we had to create an infographic that went into detail about the person's ancestry and a potential disease and how we found it. Here is where the #sourcecode comes in, we had to find that out by coding. The google definition for source code is “a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.” We essentially had to very specifically type on the computer what we want it to do. There were two parts to the coding process and part one seemed hard when we first began but it was simple compared to part two. Part one was figuring out how to tell the computer to open the file that was saved on the drive with the data. As soon as the we were able to make the computer open the file we had access to the data. Part two was essential for determining the person's ancestry. Apart from the code and infographic our group also made code art of our group names which were all Star Wars characters. The code art was a photo created solely from code we wrote. Some groups made the art in black and white and others used color and they all are very appealing to the eye.
Explanation to 8 year-old
Source code is like instructions or rules you type into a computer that tells it what to do, just like how your teacher gives you instructions in class for you to follow. One example of code, remember code is something you type to tell a computer what to do, is if you tell a computer to write your name. Then you type print “Your Name” which is the same thing as when your teacher tells you to write your name on your paper, but you’re just making the computer do it for you on the computer. In groups of 4-5 everyone had their own jobs. There was one artist, biologist, bioinformaticist, and project manager. Our class had to code and tell the computer to do very specific things, but that’s not the only thing we did. Each person on this world has DNA that makes them different from others, there isn’t another person on the world that has the same DNA as you or your siblings or your friends. On a website called 23andme there are a bunch of peoples DNA sequence which is like the pattern that makes them who they are. You also have a pattern called a DNA sequence. On 23andme our groups had to choose a persons DNA sequence on the website and find specific things about that person. We saved the persons DNA in a file on our computer. With that person’s unique pattern, we were able to find out things such as what color their eyes, hair, and skin are, some diseases they might have, and even where they came from. The way we had to figure that out was through coding on the computer. We some how had to find a way to tell the computer to find all of those things. Our code had two parts we had to complete. Part one was opening the file that had all of the information we needed. We had to save the file on a drive on our computer then tell the computer to open that exact file. Once the file was opened by the computer, part two was getting all the information we needed from the file to figure out the person's ancestry, in other words where they came from.
Explanation to high school student/average exhibition visitor
In each group of 4-5 there were specific roles for each group member and artist, biologist, bioinformaticists and project manager. The bioinformaticists spent a handful of hours in class in front of a computer coding. As I mentioned before, we worked in groups of course and each group had a group name which was a Star Wars theme. Every group was named after a Star Wars character and as a little side assignment we made code art of our Star Wars character, which is a photo solely made from the code we wrote. The google definition for source code is “a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.” We had to type out specific instructions for the computer to complete. From the website 23andme we chose a persons and their DNA sequence to find out some characteristics about them. The data from that person was then saved onto a drive on the computer. We were looking for some potential diseases the person might have had and their ancestry. There were two parts to the coding process. Part one was figuring out how to tell the computer to open the file that was saved on the drive with the data. As soon as the we were able to make the computer open the file we had access to the data. Part two was essential for determining the person's ancestry. To exhibit our findings with major help from the artists our group created an infographic that went into detail about the person's ancestry and a potential disease and how we found it.
Explanation to person with physics Ph.D
In each group of 4-5 there were specific roles for each group member and artist, biologist, bioinformaticists and project manager. Our overall objective for this project was to use a persons DNA sequence we chose on the website 23andme, and identify their ancestry and possible diseases. We saved the file onto a drive on the computer. Once we discovered that information we had to create an infographic that went into detail about the person's ancestry and a potential disease and how we found it. Here is where the #sourcecode comes in, we had to find that out by coding. The google definition for source code is “a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.” We essentially had to very specifically type on the computer what we want it to do. There were two parts to the coding process and part one seemed hard when we first began but it was simple compared to part two. Part one was figuring out how to tell the computer to open the file that was saved on the drive with the data. As soon as the we were able to make the computer open the file we had access to the data. Part two was essential for determining the person's ancestry. Apart from the code and infographic our group also made code art of our group names which were all Star Wars characters. The code art was a photo created solely from code we wrote. Some groups made the art in black and white and others used color and they all are very appealing to the eye.