Rosalind Problem Solving in Python: Episode 5 - Strings and Pattern Matching

Join Phillip Compeau, Carnegie Mellon professor and Rosalind co-founder, for a Python live problem-solving session on Rosalind — a platform for learning bioinformatics through coding. In Episode 5, we look at strings and pattern matching problems. 00:00 Intro screen 05:58 Stream start and welcome! 10:45 TRAN: Transcriptions and Transversions 29:57: SSEQ: Finding a Spliced Motif 42:37 GRPH: Overlap Graphs 1:02:52 KMER: K-mer Composition 1:23:03 LCSM: Finding a Shared Motif 1:37:48 KMP: Speeding up Motif Finding 1:51:10 A failure array fail, and looking ahead 🫶 Starter code link: https://shorturl.at/8wPJK Completed code link: https://shorturl.at/9EWQ8 Problems covered: 🧬 Transcriptions and Transversions: https://rosalind.info/problems/tran/ 🧬 Finding a Spliced Motif: https://rosalind.info/problems/sseq/ 🧬 Overlap Graphs: https://rosalind.info/problems/grph/ 🧬 K-mer Composition: https://rosalind.info/problems/kmer/ 🧬 Finding a Shared Motif: https://rosalind.info/problems/lcsm/ 🧬 Speeding up Motif Finding: https://rosalind.info/problems/kmp/ New episodes stream Thursdays at 11:00 AM ET. Follow along, solve with us, and sharpen your bioinformatics problem-solving skills. ▶ Sign up for our Philomath mailing list to receive course materials, reminders, and earn a certificate: http://eepurl.com/iC9DSg ▶ Link to Rosalind: https://rosalind.info ▶ Join the Philomath community on Discord: https://discord.gg/n5ZKySCKU4 ⸻ Philomath Membership All lectures and recordings are free and open. If you’d like to participate more deeply—through office hours, bonus sessions, and community support—you can become a Philomath member here: https://philomath.memberful.com Membership supports the instructors and helps keep Philomath open.