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A ready-to-use cloud bioinformatics environment for life-science researchers, trainers, and developers.

Request access

Check you meet the eligibility criteria and read the acceptable use policy and service terms.

Getting started

BioShell for bioinformatics

An introduction to BioShell as a starting point for life-science researchers and workshop participants.

Check out the community

Workshops and research outcomes supported by BioShell, and how you can get involved.

Access BioShell

Eligibility criteria, access registration, and flavour options.

Use BioShell

Instructions for using software, moving data, running workflows.

Support

Project support

Get help with your BioShell project from the Australian BioCommons team.

Submit a request

Report an issue

Bug reports and feature requests for the BioShell VM image.

Open an issue

Community discussion

Questions, ideas, and general conversation about BioShell.

Join the discussion

Source code

BioShell is open source. Browse the VM image build scripts and configuration.

View repository

Tutorials

Guides for using BioShell applications and services.

View tutorials

Operational partners

BioShell is delivered through a collaboration between Australian BioCommons, the Sydney Informatics Hub at the University of Sydney, ARDC Nectar Research Cloud, and the National Computational Infrastructure.