A RESTful API built with Python, Flask, and Docker to help visualize the genome by adding a splash of color to each base pair (A C G T).
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This is the server-side repo built with Docker and Flask.
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Uses Amazon RDS and S3 for database and image storage.
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The front end repo built with React can be found here.
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Visit the live demo at dnasplash.com.
DNA Splash allows a user to asign a color value to each of the four base pairs for a segment of dna. The coloring algorthm runs through the sequence of base pairs starting with the first four and calculates a color based on the frequency of each base pair. The mixed color is converted into a pixel and this process then shifts over 1 base pair and repeats until the end of the dna sequence is reached. The result is an image representing a visual representation of the dna sequence.
Clone the Git repo
git clone https://github.com/seancheno/dna-splash-server/
cd dna-splash-server
Add S3 keys and RDS info to config.py and build with docker-compose.
docker-compose up --build
The genome sequence for each species is provided by the University of California Santa Cruz and can be found here.