getting started: Access BioShell

Eligibility

BioShell is available to researchers across Australia. To qualify for access, your project must address the following:

1. Domain and impact

Your work must have a molecular life sciences focus
Where appropriate, you are willing to openly share your research stories on the BioShell community and outcomes page

2. Technical readiness and responsible resource use

Your team should have, or be actively developing the “hands-on” bioinformatics skills needed to make use of the environment
Your workloads can run with computational resources outlined here

By submitting an access request you agree to the BioShell acceptable use policy and service terms, including the requirement to acknowledge BioShell in your publications and training materials.

Tip: If you are running batch processing workloads with little need for interactivity, an HPC may be a better fit. The Australian BioCommons Leadership Share (ABLeS) is a complementary programme that provides access to National HPC infrastructure.

Supported projects

User type	Description
Research projects	Academic, government, or industry life-science research with defined outcomes
Development projects	Bioinformatics tool or workflow development intended for community use

What does access include?

Note: The default storage quota is 100 GB, and you can request up to 1 TB with justification. To request more storage, contact BioShell support. Requests are subject to availability and review and cannot be guaranteed.

	Research	Development
Data analysis and visualisation	Yes	Yes
Interactive interfaces (JupyterLab, RStudio)	Yes	Yes
SSH CLI access	Yes	Yes
Storage quota	100 GB (default)	100 GB (default)
Allocation period	3 months	3 months
Renewal	Yes, subject to review	Yes, subject to review

Access duration and renewal

For research and development projects access is granted for 3 months and is renewable. Renewal requires demonstrated usage and continued progress against the aims stated in your original application.

Complete the project renewal form for more information or to make a request.

Choose a flavour

To decide what VM environment resources best fit your research, see choosing the right environment.

Submit your application

To request access to BioShell, you will need to provide us with some details about your project, your VM environment resource requirements, and your project group members.

Request access

Training events

If you are planning a workshop or training event and wish to use BioShell, contact the BioCommons Training Team. Check out the Australian BioCommons event support page for additional information on how we support training.

Note: BioShell is the environment Australian BioCommons uses for all command-line-based training. For details about workshops that have been run on BioShell see the BioShell community and outcomes page.