Meltdown and Spectre: Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

Computer security experts have recently discovered two major cybersecurity flaws in the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world’s computers including Windows, Linux, Android, and Apple devices. The two security flaws, called Spectre and Meltdown, could allow hackers to steal the entire memory...

Electronic "Lab Notebook" Services Survey

Principal Investigators are invited to participate in a brief survey focused on data management tools to assist clinical, bench, social and behavioral, and data scientists in maintaining data accuracy and consistency throughout the data life-cycle. The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to...

December 7, 2017 Research Technical Lunch Announcements

ERIS Newsletter: Serving and surveying your software & application needs ERIS strives to find solutions that fit the business, scientific and budgetary needs for research and innovation communities and those who support them. ERIS experts offer trainings and foster forums to help the community get...

Backing Up and More: Smart Tips for your Smart Phone

Information Systems shares three tech tips you can use for your smart phone. For those of us living in the mobile world, Information Systems (IS) is sharing some tech tips you can use for your smart phone. Back up your smart phone periodically. Regular backups of your iPhone or Android devices can...

ERIS Newsletter | Fall 2017

ERIS strives to find solutions that fit the business, scientific and budgetary needs for research and innovation communities and those who support them at Partners HealthCare. ERIS experts offer trainings and foster forums to help the community get the most out of the solutions. This newsletter...

November 2, 2017 Research Technical Lunch Announcements

Upcoming ERIS Scientific Computing Tranings: Intro to the ERISOne Linux Cluster November 30, 2017 3-5p.m. Intermediate ERISOne Linux Cluster December 14, 2017 3-5p.m. Visit rc.partners.org/events to see all training and event offerings! Next Research Technical Lunch: Jason Heyd, Technical Architect...

Partners R User Group Meeting

Join this new community to share ideas, discuss R related topics, and provide direction for new and experienced users. Thursday, October 26, 2017 from 6-8:30p.m. at Assembly Room A, Somerville MA REGISTER R is a free and open programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and...

Research Technical Lunch

Join this forum for an opportunity to: Learn about new service offerings, technologies, staffing updates, upcoming presentations Express service concerns and needs to Partners Corporate IT Present your own innovations and infrastructure to peers Next Research Tech Lunch is on Thursday, January, 25...

The Biobank Portal Now Contains Genotype Data for 20,000 Subjects

The Biobank Portal Now Contains Genotype Data for 20,000 Subjects!! The Biobank is in the process of genotyping 50,000 subjects to help researchers identify disease associations across the whole genome. Samples are genotyped using microarray-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS). G enotype...