Details

Last Funding Type

Grant

Last Funding Money Raised

$25K

Industries

Bioinformatics,Education,Internet

Founded date

Jan 1, 2012

Number Of Employee

1 - 10

Operating Status

Active

The usual process of learning bioinformatics requires the solution of computational problems of varying difficulty that are extracted from real challenges of molecular biology. In an attempt to make the experience of learning bioinformatics as effective and enjoyable as possible, we have founded Rosalind, a programming and testing platform for bioinformatics problems. The Rosalind website checks solutions to these problems automatically and provides students of all abilities with an intellectually stimulating way to learn key bioinformatics concepts and algorithms online at their own pace and independent of students' access to university resources. Rosalind also promises to facilitate improvements in standard undergraduate bioinformatics education by providing a vital teaching aid.

Rosalind is inspired by Project Euler, Google Code Jam, and free online courses. The project's name commemorates Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray crystallography facilitated the discovery of the double helix by Watson and Crick.