diff --git a/src/preprocessing.py b/src/preprocessing.py
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+from Bio.motifs import create
+from Bio.SeqIO import parse
+from numpy.random import random
+from tensorflow.io import TFRecordWriter
+from tensorflow.train import BytesList, Example, Feature, Features, FloatList
+
+BASES = "ACGT"
+
+
+def generate_example(sequence, weight_matrix):
+    schema = {
+        "sequence": Feature(bytes_list=BytesList(value=[sequence.encode()])),
+        "A_counts": Feature(float_list=FloatList(value=[weight_matrix["A"][0]])),
+        "C_counts": Feature(float_list=FloatList(value=[weight_matrix["C"][0]])),
+        "G_counts": Feature(float_list=FloatList(value=[weight_matrix["G"][0]])),
+        "T_counts": Feature(float_list=FloatList(value=[weight_matrix["T"][0]])),
+    }
+    example = Example(features=Features(feature=schema))
+    return example.SerializeToString()
+
+
+def parse_data(filepath):
+    examples = []
+    with open(filepath) as handle:
+        for row in parse(handle, "fastq"):
+            sequence = str(row.seq)
+            motifs = create(row.seq)
+            example = generate_example(sequence=sequence, weight_matrix=motifs.pwm)
+            examples.append(example)
+    return examples
+
+
+def create_dataset(filepath):
+    data = parse_data(filepath)
+    train_test_split = 0.7
+    with TFRecordWriter("data/train_data.tfrecords") as train_writer, TFRecordWriter(
+        "data/test_data.tfrecords"
+    ) as test_writer:
+        for element in data:
+            if random() < train_test_split:
+                train_writer.write(element)
+            else:
+                test_writer.write(element)
+
+
+create_dataset("data/curesim-HVR.fastq")