Computing/BioMicro Center

Intro

The BioMicro Center’s computing mission is to support a core set of bioinformatics applications and also to provide advanced computational, data storage, data security and data backup services. From BioMicro Center home page.

Accounts

DNA-NET accounts give users access to storage on centrally managed fileservers. Data stored on these servers can be access from multiple operating systems. To get a DNA-NET account send email to biosupport@mit.edu with subject "new user" and the following information:

• First/last name
• Athena username
• Lab PI
• Department
• Room number/address
• Phone number

You can check the status of your request at the BioMicro Support Center You will receive a confirmation email when your account is created. You must login for the first time using a Windows machine. Your username is your Athena username and your temporary password is your username. Your password must be changed on first login to a different password. This should be your Athena password, for uniformity.