Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by samuell » Thu, May 21, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop
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Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by p4ul » Tue, May 26, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

This is interesting; thanks for sharing! I have been curious about the adoption of Rust in computational biology. I know that the folks at Saint Jude's [1] are also using Rust for their 'omics research.

[1] https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs

Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by peterfirefly » Tue, May 26, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC

Should have called it Raymond.

Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by qzgrid37 » Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC

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Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by flobosg » Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC

peterfirefly wrote: post #3

Should have called it Raymond.

Or rather Margaret: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oakley_Dayhoff

Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by cmpb » Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:15 PM UTC

flobosg wrote: post #5

peterfirefly wrote: post #3

Should have called it Raymond.

Or rather Margaret: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oakley_Dayhoff

I'm not familiar with Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, but I am aware that Rosalind Franklin [1] was extremely important for our understanding of DNA, comparable to Watson/Crick, with whom she co-discovered the structure of DNA. So it seems "Rosalind" is at least very appropriate as a name for a genomics tool such as this.

Not to say the other names mentioned aren't also deserving of similar honors

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by shauniel » Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:16 PM UTC

I would love to hear about what the sacrifices are, but this project really looks amazing.

Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by flobosg » Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC

cmpb wrote: post #6

flobosg wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or rather Margaret: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oakley_Dayhoff

I'm not familiar with Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, but I am aware that Rosalind Franklin [1] was extremely important for our understanding of DNA, comparable to Watson/Crick, with whom she co-discovered the structure of DNA. So it seems "Rosalind" is at least very appropriate as a name for a genomics tool such as this. Not to say the other names mentioned aren't also deserving of similar honors [1] https://en.wikipedia.o…

> I'm not familiar with Margaret Oakley Dayhoff

Then you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000. Any time!

Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by bonsai_spool » Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

Didn't see a publication or preprint for this - is there one?

Re: Rosalind: A genomics toolkit in Rust running whole-genome pipelines on a laptop

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Post by boron1006 » Tue, May 26, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC

Lots of bad smells in this repo.