BRC Overview

Bioinformatics Resource Center provides expertise and infrastructure to carry out Next-gen sequence data analysis. The service provided by the center is on a fee-for-service basis. The rate for UW researchers is heavily subsidized at $75/hour. The rate for external custom refer to the Services and Fees document.

BRC computer Lab

BRC and the UWBC provide hardware and software for users to conduct their own analyses. User must request a Linux account at the BRC computer lab to use BRC computers. A one time account set-up costs $50.

The following policies and guidelines must be followed:

1. This resource is dedicated to users performing their own analyses.  If users require any training hourly charge is required.

2. Users must use our Google calendar to schedule their sessions.  Your reservation should cover the run time for the analyses and not just the time you will be at the workstation.  BRC staff can work with you on particularly demanding jobs so that they can be run outside of normal working hours.

3. If demand exceeds capacity, UW researchers have priority to use BRC Computer Lab. BRC staff will proactively monitor usage and inform users in as timely a manner as possible if access may be limited or delayed.

4. Users may not install software of any kind on any workstations associated with this resource.  If a user has a need for a particular software package they should contact BRC staff.

5. Users are responsible for purchasing data storage for their data analysis need. User accounts that have not been used for 3 months will be inactivated. Any data stored in inactive account is chargible.

6. Clients unaffiliated with the UW-System can use the BRC computer lab for a fee (refer to Service and Fee document).  External and/or non-academic users should work with BRC staff on a fee-for-service basis if they require data analysis support. This includes non UW-System clients whose data was solely generated at the UWBC.