Build a Gene Homology Multiple Alignment Quality Ranker
Align homologous eukaryotic gene transcripts using Biopython and compute conservation density metrics. Package results into FHIR DiagnosticReport payloads for cross-species evolutionary registries.
What you are building
The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.
Align homologous eukaryotic gene transcripts using Biopython and compute conservation density metrics. Package results into FHIR DiagnosticReport payloads for cross-species evolutionary registries.
Comparative Genomics Analyst
Fetch multi-species homologous gene FASTA packages using taxonomy filters via NCBI Datasets.
Perform multiple sequence alignment and calculate gap percentages and conservation scores with Biopython.
Detect low-identity outliers exceeding configured alignment distance standard deviations.
Serialize alignment summaries into FHIR Molecular DiagnosticReport and Observation bundles.
Interactive web visualizer featuring color-coded sequence alignment tracks and gap percentage slider controls.
Curate homologous CDS sequences for mammalian orthologs using NCBI Datasets CLI taxon filters. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.
Biopython Leverages Biopython's sequence alignment, distance matrix utilities, and FASTA parsing capabilities.
ray-serve, biopython, numpy. ray-serve distributes compute-heavy Biopython alignment jobs and FHIR serialization across parallel worker nodes. Local microservice deployment with multi-core CPU support for alignment processing; optional small language model for report narratives.
Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.
Calculate pairwise sequence identity matrices across minimum 5 homologous sequences.
Output FHIR DiagnosticReport containing an Observation with mean conservation score.
Reject sequences containing unparsable non-IUPAC nucleotide characters.
```json [ { "input": { "alignment_id": "ORTHO_001", "sequences": [ { "id": "HUMAN_GENE1", "seq": "ATGCCCAAA" }, { "id": "CHIMP_GENE1", "seq": "ATGCCCAAA" }, { "id": "MOUSE_GENE1", "seq": "ATGCCCAAG" } ] }, "expected_output": { "alignment_id": "ORTHO_001", "mean_identity": 0.963, "outliers": [], "fhir_report": { "resourceType": "DiagnosticReport", "status": "final", "code": { "text": "Homology Alignment Assessment" } } } }, { "input": { "alignment_id": "ORTHO_002", "sequences": [ { "id": "HUMAN_GENE2", "seq": "ATGCCC" }, { "id": "MUTANT_SEQ", "seq": "ATGZZZ" } ] }, "expected_output": { "alignment_id": "ORTHO_002", "mean_identity": null, "outliers": [ "MUTANT_SEQ" ], "error": "Non-IUPAC nucleotide characters identified" } } ] ```
Intended solely for comparative sequence analysis. Contains no personal protected health data or therapeutic determinations. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.
Participation guide
Intended solely for comparative sequence analysis. Contains no personal protected health data or therapeutic determinations. Use mock external writes and human review.
How work is evaluated
Calculate pairwise sequence identity matrices across minimum 5 homologous sequences. Output FHIR DiagnosticReport containing an Observation with mean conservation score. Reject sequences containing unparsable non-IUPAC nucleotide characters.
Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.
Challenge datasets
Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.
How submissions are scored
These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.
Complete workflow
Fetch multi-species homologous gene FASTA packages using taxonomy filters via NCBI Datasets. Perform multiple sequence alignment and calculate gap percentages and conservation scores with Biopython. Detect low-identity outliers exceeding configured alignment distance standard deviations. Serialize alignment summaries into FHIR Molecular DiagnosticReport and Observation bundles.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Correctness and evidence
Calculate pairwise sequence identity matrices across minimum 5 homologous sequences. Output FHIR DiagnosticReport containing an Observation with mean conservation score. Reject sequences containing unparsable non-IUPAC nucleotide characters.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Review interface
Interactive web visualizer featuring color-coded sequence alignment tracks and gap percentage slider controls.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Safe execution
Intended solely for comparative sequence analysis. Contains no personal protected health data or therapeutic determinations.
This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.
What you should walk away with
Fetch multi-species homologous gene FASTA packages using taxonomy filters via NCBI Datasets.
Perform multiple sequence alignment and calculate gap percentages and conservation scores with Biopython.
Detect low-identity outliers exceeding configured alignment distance standard deviations.
Serialize alignment summaries into FHIR Molecular DiagnosticReport and Observation bundles.
Reference links and supporting material
Curate homologous CDS sequences for mammalian orthologs using NCBI Datasets CLI taxon filters. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.
Challenge setup
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Ray Serve
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Evaluated output
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- Fetch multi-species homologous gene FASTA packages using taxonomy filters via NCBI Datasets. Perform multip...
- Calculate pairwise sequence identity matrices across minimum 5 homologous sequences. Output FHIR Diagnostic...
- Interactive web visualizer featuring color-coded sequence alignment tracks and gap percentage slider controls.
- 2 public reference cases
- 1 configured tool
Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.
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Configured tools
- Ray Serve · Optional
Evaluation contract
- Complete workflow · Weight 40
- Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
- Review interface · Weight 20
- Safe execution · Weight 10
Reference cases
- 2 public reference cases
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