What our project was about ?
#Sourcecode is where we used a random persons DNA off of a website called 23andme where then we were able to sequence their DNA. Once we were done sequencing the DNA we uploaded it to a website called OpenSNP.org. On that website where people are willing to let their genetic code be available for public research. So this mean 52 students were able to take this and use it to help create our project. We downloaded their SNPs that are open to the public. Then we had to write a code so we can be able to read the SNP file we got. When writing the code from scratch we used it to analyze the DNA in order to determine their ancestry and disease susceptibility.
The role I played in this project was?
My role in the #Sourcecode project was the Biologist and I was in charger of read a coding file that had originally 22,000 different disease on it. We got a new coding file that only had 20-25 disease. I went through and research all of them once done I went from 25 different disease to top ten. Once I had my top ten I went more in depth with them so I could be able to explain it to the Artist in my group.
Once we had our top two we were able to find a way to put it in our infographic. The Artist and I wanted to use Analgesia - rom kappa-opioid receptor agonist which meant you have the inability to feel pain and Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy which means loss of vision due to fatty buildup in the Retina.
Once we decided to uses theses two in our infographic we thought these two diseases would be the most interesting and the best way conversation starter about our poster. I thought that if we used really rare disease on our infographic it would stand out from the other and we would have a lot more to talk about.
Lessons I learned?
A lessons I learned l that will stick with me after high school is working on coding. Doing codecademy was something different and something that I would have though of doing. Working on code was not easy and or fun but it a challenge I am one who like a challenge but, codecademy was a whole new challenge form me. Some parts of codecademy were extremely hard and seeing that one little comma, period, space, and spelling a word wrong can though off all of your code which is really annoying. In this case checking you work was used a lot. Like in math where they say check you work to make sure you get the right answer. Well in code its the same thing but, you should check, check, and check it aging because, was very frustrating if you are doing something wrong and you have no clue what it is. Their were a little box that would try and give you a hit in where you meet up and what you need to fix. I would say that A lesson learned would have to beand what was my biggest take away from this project is working on Python on the codecademy website. Doing a little bit everyday I was able to leave with know something new.
*If you want to try out Code for yourself you can go to
http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python to try out and do the same coding we did as a class.
Caption: Photos leading up to working real hard on our project to the nigh of our exhibition.
#Sourcecode is where we used a random persons DNA off of a website called 23andme where then we were able to sequence their DNA. Once we were done sequencing the DNA we uploaded it to a website called OpenSNP.org. On that website where people are willing to let their genetic code be available for public research. So this mean 52 students were able to take this and use it to help create our project. We downloaded their SNPs that are open to the public. Then we had to write a code so we can be able to read the SNP file we got. When writing the code from scratch we used it to analyze the DNA in order to determine their ancestry and disease susceptibility.
The role I played in this project was?
My role in the #Sourcecode project was the Biologist and I was in charger of read a coding file that had originally 22,000 different disease on it. We got a new coding file that only had 20-25 disease. I went through and research all of them once done I went from 25 different disease to top ten. Once I had my top ten I went more in depth with them so I could be able to explain it to the Artist in my group.
Once we had our top two we were able to find a way to put it in our infographic. The Artist and I wanted to use Analgesia - rom kappa-opioid receptor agonist which meant you have the inability to feel pain and Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy which means loss of vision due to fatty buildup in the Retina.
Once we decided to uses theses two in our infographic we thought these two diseases would be the most interesting and the best way conversation starter about our poster. I thought that if we used really rare disease on our infographic it would stand out from the other and we would have a lot more to talk about.
Lessons I learned?
A lessons I learned l that will stick with me after high school is working on coding. Doing codecademy was something different and something that I would have though of doing. Working on code was not easy and or fun but it a challenge I am one who like a challenge but, codecademy was a whole new challenge form me. Some parts of codecademy were extremely hard and seeing that one little comma, period, space, and spelling a word wrong can though off all of your code which is really annoying. In this case checking you work was used a lot. Like in math where they say check you work to make sure you get the right answer. Well in code its the same thing but, you should check, check, and check it aging because, was very frustrating if you are doing something wrong and you have no clue what it is. Their were a little box that would try and give you a hit in where you meet up and what you need to fix. I would say that A lesson learned would have to beand what was my biggest take away from this project is working on Python on the codecademy website. Doing a little bit everyday I was able to leave with know something new.
*If you want to try out Code for yourself you can go to
http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python to try out and do the same coding we did as a class.
Caption: Photos leading up to working real hard on our project to the nigh of our exhibition.