Multi-user Infrastructure for Bioinformatics Analysis (IE-MULTI SBCB)

The Laboratory of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SBCB) offers a Multi-User Infrastructure (IE-MULTI SBCB) to support researchers within the university’s academic community, particularly those affiliated with the Center for Biotechnology, the Department of Veterinary Pathology in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and the Department of Genetics at the Institute of Biosciences. The primary objective of IE-MULTI SBCB is to provide remote access to high-performance computing resources, enabling users to conduct diverse bioinformatics analyses and fostering research and innovation in the field. All resources are accessed remotely, and no user is granted physical access to the server room where the infrastructure is housed.

• Jupyter Lab: JupyterLab enables interactive computing and provides an alternative method for accessing high-performance computing (HPC) resources without requiring direct SSH connections. It supports multiple programming languages and runtimes within a web-based interface. While the frontend operates in the user's browser, code execution occurs remotely on high-performance systems. The SBCB Jupyter platform is powered by: 48 cores (Intel Xeon E5-2650V4), 768 GB memory, 5120 CUDA cores / 640 Tensor Core (Titan V GPU), Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, and 200 TB of workspace. Comprehensive documentation for JupyterLab is available here.

• RStudio Server:RStudio Server provides a browser-based interface for running R on a remote server, combining the power and productivity of the RStudio IDE with server-based R deployments. The SBCB RStudio Server is configured with the following specifications: 48 cores (Intel Xeon E5-2650V4), 768 GB memory, 5120 CUDA cores / 640 Tensor Core (Titan V GPU), Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, and 200 TB of workspace. For detailed documentation on the RStudio Server project, visit: https://docs.posit.co/ide/server-pro/1.1.463

To request an account at IE-MULTI SBCB, researchers must complete the online registration form.

Upon submission, your request will undergo review, and you will receive a confirmation or update via email within seven business days.

Important Notice: The laboratory does not retain backup copies of data and assumes no responsibility for data loss arising from hardware malfunctions, system errors, or accidental user actions. By creating an account, users expressly acknowledge and agree to comply with all IE-MULTI SBCB usage policies and terms.

The use of IE-MULTI SBCB computational resources is strictly reserved for academic research activities. Any utilization of the infrastructure for commercial or illegal purposes is expressly prohibited. Researchers will be granted unique, non-transferable individual accounts, and sharing accounts under any circumstances is strictly forbidden. Access to IE-MULTI SBCB resources will expire 30 days after account creation. Furthermore, all data associated with the account will be automatically and permanently deleted 45 days after the account’s creation.

We kindly request that you acknowledge the use of the IE-Multi infrastructure, provided by the Laboratory of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SBCB), in any publications or presentations arising from research conducted using this platform.

For your convenience, we recommend the following acknowledgment statement:

"This work used the IE-Multi platform provided by the Laboratory of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SBCB) at UFRGS [https://sbcb.inf.ufrgs.br]."