Genetic Gameplay: Showcasing 23andMe’s Personal-Genetics API

23andMe Computer Science, 2017-18

Liaison(s): Arnold De Leon ’90
Advisor(s): Julie Medero
Students(s): Teal Stannard (PM), Giovani Barrios-Arciga, Elise Cassella, Jacob Rosalsky

23andMe is a bioinformatics company whose mission is to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. 23andMe analyzes DNA to identify specific variations, or alleles, in order to determine ancestry and wellness traits. 23andMe makes much of this information available to third party developers through a public API. The goal of this project is to create an application which will help encourage other developers to use the public API. Therefore, the application should serve as an example of how to correctly access the public API and securely handle a user’s genetic information. Additionally, we aim to engage users while their data is being analyzed.