Build a Multi-Species Sequence Catalog Contamination Reviewer
Evaluate multi-species FASTA sequence packages downloaded from public repositories to identify cross-taxa read contamination. Generate structured taxonomic audit summaries and quarantine contaminated records before catalog federation.
What you are building
The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.
Evaluate multi-species FASTA sequence packages downloaded from public repositories to identify cross-taxa read contamination. Generate structured taxonomic audit summaries and quarantine contaminated records before catalog federation.
Bioinformatics Biocurator
Ingest multi-species FASTA records and target taxon labels downloaded via NCBI Datasets packages.
Scan sequences with Biopython to calculate base composition and k-mer similarity against target taxa.
Detect alien sequence contamination and low-complexity artifact clusters across catalog entries.
Generate a verified multi-species curation report with quarantined sequence accessions for human sign-off.
Browser dashboard displaying sequence accession queues, taxonomic match confidence scores, and flag-for-quarantine controls.
Download public gene packages using NCBI Datasets CLI (--taxon human, rodent, yeast) or mock via simplified FASTA fixture archives. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.
NCBI Datasets gene download Extract multi-species FASTA sequence streams and taxon identifiers specified in NCBI Datasets download flags (--taxon and gene data reports).
dspy, biopython, pydantic. dspy compiles structured assertion rules to evaluate sequence classification reasoning and explain foreign contaminant flags. Local or hosted LLM with structured JSON output capabilities for taxonomic explanation.
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.
Parses input multi-species FASTA files with Biopython SeqIO without unhandled syntax exceptions.
Correctly identifies cross-species sequence contamination exceeding a 20% divergence threshold.
Emits a normalized JSON quarantine report containing accession, detected taxon, and confidence score.
Supports human biocurator review by generating override tokens for ambiguous sequence entries.
```json [ { "input": { "catalog_id": "CAT-2026-01", "declared_taxon": "Homo sapiens", "records": [ { "accession": "SEQ_HS_001", "sequence": "ATGCGATCGATCGATCGATCGATCGATC" }, { "accession": "SEQ_CONTAM_002", "sequence": "GGCCGGCCGGCCAATTCCGGAATTCCGG" } ], "divergence_threshold": 0.25 }, "expected_output": { "catalog_id": "CAT-2026-01", "reviewed_count": 2, "quarantined": [ { "accession": "SEQ_CONTAM_002", "divergence_score": 0.42, "flag": "suspected_cross_contamination", "action": "quarantine" } ], "passed": [ "SEQ_HS_001" ] } }, { "input": { "catalog_id": "CAT-2026-02", "declared_taxon": "Mus musculus", "records": [ { "accession": "SEQ_MM_001", "sequence": "NNNNNNNNNNNN" } ], "divergence_threshold": 0.2 }, "expected_output": { "catalog_id": "CAT-2026-02", "reviewed_count": 1, "quarantined": [ { "accession": "SEQ_MM_001", "divergence_score": 1, "flag": "undetermined_low_quality_bases", "action": "reject" } ], "passed": [] } } ] ```
Research-only sequence catalog cleaning tool; does not provide diagnostic classification or clinical decisions. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.
Participation guide
Research-only sequence catalog cleaning tool; does not provide diagnostic classification or clinical decisions. Use mock external writes and human review.
How work is evaluated
Parses input multi-species FASTA files with Biopython SeqIO without unhandled syntax exceptions. Correctly identifies cross-species sequence contamination exceeding a 20% divergence threshold. Emits a normalized JSON quarantine report containing accession, detected taxon, and confidence score. Supports human biocurator review by generating override tokens for ambiguous sequence entries.
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
Ingest multi-species FASTA records and target taxon labels downloaded via NCBI Datasets packages. Scan sequences with Biopython to calculate base composition and k-mer similarity against target taxa. Detect alien sequence contamination and low-complexity artifact clusters across catalog entries. Generate a verified multi-species curation report with quarantined sequence accessions for human sign-off.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Correctness and evidence
Parses input multi-species FASTA files with Biopython SeqIO without unhandled syntax exceptions. Correctly identifies cross-species sequence contamination exceeding a 20% divergence threshold. Emits a normalized JSON quarantine report containing accession, detected taxon, and confidence score. Supports human biocurator review by generating override tokens for ambiguous sequence entries.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Review interface
Browser dashboard displaying sequence accession queues, taxonomic match confidence scores, and flag-for-quarantine controls.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Safe execution
Research-only sequence catalog cleaning tool; does not provide diagnostic classification or clinical decisions.
This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.
What you should walk away with
Ingest multi-species FASTA records and target taxon labels downloaded via NCBI Datasets packages.
Scan sequences with Biopython to calculate base composition and k-mer similarity against target taxa.
Detect alien sequence contamination and low-complexity artifact clusters across catalog entries.
Generate a verified multi-species curation report with quarantined sequence accessions for human sign-off.
Reference links and supporting material
Download public gene packages using NCBI Datasets CLI (--taxon human, rodent, yeast) or mock via simplified FASTA fixture archives. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.
Challenge setup
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DSPy
Prompt and LM program optimization framework.
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- Ingest multi-species FASTA records and target taxon labels downloaded via NCBI Datasets packages. Scan sequ...
- Parses input multi-species FASTA files with Biopython SeqIO without unhandled syntax exceptions. Correctly...
- Browser dashboard displaying sequence accession queues, taxonomic match confidence scores, and flag-for-qua...
- 2 public reference cases
- 3 configured tools
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
- DSPy · Optional
- DSPy · Optional
- DSPy · 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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