The BioHPC team has been working closely with UTSW Information Security to enable the storage and analysis of HIPAA covered data on our systems. We have now been notified by Information Security that after review of the risks, the use of BioHPC for clinical data storage appears to be in line with HIPAA, state, and UTSW requirements.

BioHPC and the Bioinformatics Core Facility are developing a comprehensive training program for 2016.

Windows DCV visualization sessions are now improved, with access possible from your web browser. Run 3D accelerated windows applications on a GPU cluster node and access them from anywhere!

R version 3.2.1 is now available on the nucleus cluster and via rstudio.biohpc.swmed.edu

This is the latest release of R, from June 2015 and has been built with optimizations for our systems to dramatically speed up linear algebra operations.

A selection of common packages is available. Email biohpc-help@utsouthwestern.edu ...

BioHPC now provides an easy-to use NGS pipeline for RNA-Seq analysis, as well as a Galaxy server.

The BioHPC NGS Pipeline is a simple web-based data analysis pipeline developed in collaboration with CRI. Currently implements an RNA-Seq differential expression workflow.

Galaxy is a powerful web-based system for designing and running data analysis workflows using many ...

The UCSC Genome Browser is now mirrored at BioHPC for users who need to work with custom tracks at UTSW.

The BioHPC browser uses UCSCs new Genome Browse in a Box (GBIB), mirroring common Genomes and tracks for fast access, and pulling other data from UCSC as requried.

http://genome.biohpc.swmed.edu

Please contact ...

BioHPC now provides an RStudio service at http://rstudio.biohpc.swmed.edu

RStudio provides a comprehensive yet easy-to use environment for developing scripts in the popular R statistical language. A wide range of R packages are pre-installed. The RStudio service is an ideal place to run smaller analyses, and develop workflows for large datasets which ...

Cluster remoteGUI and webGUI sessions now use the GNOME desktop, providing a familiar environment, similar to BioHPC workstations and thin clients.

webGUI allows you to launch a GUI job on a single 64GB cluster node and access it through your web browser. You can use the session via any modern web browser, without needing a VNC client.

The BioHPC team continues ...

BioHPC training sessions will take place each Wednesday, at 10:30 am in seminar room NL06.215.

• Required new user training occurs on the first Wednesday of each month.
• Additional basic topics are covered on the second Wednesday of each month.
• Advanced topics are presented on the third Wednesday of each month.
• An open drop-in ...