Meet the new WashU IT website. New Look. Same Trusted IT. Better Experience.

The redesigned WashU IT website is here! Explore a cleaner, easier-to-navigate experience with improved service pages, streamlined navigation, and quicker access to the technology resources you need. Visit it.washu.edu

WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services’ mission is to facilitate the discovery of knowledge and enhance educational opportunities by providing secure, sustainable, scalable, and integrated research technology services in a collaborative and diverse environment.

Why RIS? – Researchers at WashU are encouraged to use RIS to streamline their work, boost performance, ensure data security, and foster collaboration with ease, all while focusing on groundbreaking discoveries and quality research. Explore the full benefits of using RIS.


Coming Soon: Slurm Reservations on Compute2

As high-performance computing demands at WashU continue to grow, managing compute resources effectively is key to keeping research projects on schedule. Slurm reservations allow WashU researchers to lock in dedicated Compute2 nodes with CPUs or GPUs for fixed windows. Perfect for tight deadlines, projects, or time-sensitive runs. 💪🏻 Benefits of Reservations 🗓️ Planning & Budgeting […]

Bridging the Gap in Protein Science: How RIS Empowers the Holehouse Lab

Dr. Alex Holehouse’s lab is decoding one of biology’s most persistent blind spots: intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins. Supported by the high-performance computing and storage resources of WashU IT’s Research Infrastructure Services (RIS), the lab recently published groundbreaking research in Nature. Their paper, “Accurate predictions of disordered protein ensembles with STARLING,” leverages a large […]

User Attestation & Training Requirement

To align with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) data security requirements for controlled-access data, Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) has implemented a formal annual security attestation and training in Workday for all users and has now assigned it to all users as of  June 30, 2026.  This approach has been approved by the Regulated Research Subcommittee and […]

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protocols.io: Tips and Tricks

September 14, 2026
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm