Research Applications and Services represents the collection of research-focused applications that RIS operates or supports for customers. Each application might be considered a service unto itself, but we attempt to provide a common framework of abstraction and integration into existing services such that some measure of consistency is associated with all applications.
Access
RIS customers within WashU can receive technical support throughout the lifecycle of a given application, which might include the design, architecture, construction, deployment, and management of an application to serve Washington University’s research mission.
Scientific Compute Applications
Supported Applications
- Globus – Provides a secure, unified interface to your research data. Use Globus to ‘fire and forget’ high-performance data transfers between systems within and across organizations.
- GitHub Enterprise – Allows researchers to store their code without paying for enterprise-level features such as private repositories.
- LabArchives – Cloud-based electronic lab notebooks.
- REDCap – Browser-based, metadata-driven EDC software and workflow methodology for designing clinical and translational research databases.
- protocols.io – A collaborative platform for developing, sharing, and publishing reproducible methods. It saves researchers time and increases recognition for method development work.
- Nextflow – Widely used for its flexibility, scalability, and ease of use in managing and running complex analyses involving large datasets supporting Docker containers.
- Qualtrics XM – For Sensitive Data is a new tool to aid WashU’s research community and survey creators who must request private or sensitive client data as part of their job.
Externally Supported Alternatives
ACCESS – is a program established and funded by the National Science Foundation to help researchers and educators, with or without supporting grants, to utilize the nation’s advanced computing systems and services – at no cost.