BioHPC at UT Southwestern

We provide and maintain high-performance computing, storage, and client systems for basic sciences and clinical departments within the UTSW research community.

[BioHPC at UT Southwestern @BioHPC_UTSW]

Introduction to BioHPC

Mandatory Attendance is required:
If you've registered within the past month and haven't had training
Soon-to-Register Attend to expedite the account activation process.

Bring Your Laptop
November 4, 2026 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM in ND11.218.
In-Person Only

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Han Liang, Ph.D., has been appointed as the new Chair of the Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics(Dec 1). He will hold the
· Patrick E. Haggerty Distinguished Chair in Basic Biomedical Science.
· Scientific Director for AI-Enabled Discovery in the Office of the Chief AI Officer

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BioHPC:ESM3 Model

Developed by EvolutionaryScale. We'll learn about the model, its capabilities, and run through a demo of using the ESM3 workflow now on Astrocyte

Instructor Anagha Mohana Krishna, Computational Biologist I
Wed, Oct 21, 10.30 AM, G9.102A/Online
No Registration

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Introduction to BioHPC

Mandatory Attendance is required:
If you've registered within the past month and haven't had training
Soon-to-Register Attend to expedite the account activation process.

Bring Your Laptop
October 7, 2026 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM in ND11.218.
In-Person Only

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BioHPC coffee session
Join us to meet the team & ask questions. Coffee & pastries provided

Points: CryoSPARC on BioHPC: From Setup to Reconstruction
Speaker: Dr. Ho Yee Joyce Fung, Assistant Professor, Structural Biology Lab
Wed, Sept 30, 26,10:30
ND11.218/online
No Registration

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

This year’s theme, “Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together,”

Panelists include:
Carlos Girod, Alvaro Silva Montoya, Antonio Carrillo, Miguel Solis,

Wed, Sept 30, 2026 11:30am-1pm
South Campus, D1.502

https://t.co/4oLUmBBSxR

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BioHPC training session

This session will introduce the fundamentals of biomedical image registration, with a focus on spatial transformations and interpolation techniques.

Instructor: Krishna Kanth Chitta

Wednesday, September 16, 10:30 AM, G9.102A or on Team
No Registration

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BioHPC coffee session

Informal, in which you can discuss anything with the team. Coffee & pastries provided. The director of BioHPC will talk about the latest GPU purchase & ETC

Invited speaker: Dr. Ho Yee Joyce Fung
Wed Sept 30, 10.30AM, ND11.218 or hybrid
No Registration

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Everyone is invited to attend the next President’s Lecture, featuring James Collins, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, whose research explores the fascinating & often hidden world of parasites & the diseases they cause.
Thursday, September 17, 2026 4pm
https://t.co/eAWtmunF4u

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BioHPC

We would like to invite you to an upcoming BioHPC training session focused on post-training generative models with limited data.

Instructor: Dr. Dushyant Mehra
September 9, 10:30 AM. (Online via Microsoft Teams)

Registration is not required; walk-ins are welcome.

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Nanocourse:The AI Ready Scientist

Designed to help graduate students, postdocs, & other biomedical researchers use AI responsibly throughout the research process

Lead Instructor: Prapti Mody, Ph.D.
Nov 4 & 6, 26
9 AM to 5 PM
Location: NL3.120
Registration closes 9/21/2026, 5 PM

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Introduction to BioHPC

Mandatory Attendance is required
If you've registered within the past month and haven't had training
Soon-to-Register Attend to expedite the account activation process.

Bring Your Laptop
September 2, 2026 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
in ND11.218. In-Person Only

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Nanocurse: Introduction to Diffusion/Flow Models

Prerequisite: Ability to train models on GPUs using python machine learning libraries like Pytorch or Jax

Lead Instructor Satwik Rajaram, Ph.D
Oct 20, 22, 27 & 29, 2026
1 to 5 PM all days
In G9.102
Registration close 9/14/26 5 PM

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Computational Biology Seminar:
Natural selection and complex-trait architecture from alleles to haplotypes.

Speaker: Evan Koch, Ph.D.
Host: Vladimir Seplyarskiy, Ph.D.

Date: Monday, September 14, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: ND11.218

https://t.co/m5JitHPqVC

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BioHPC: Python

We will cover how to launch Python on BioHPC nodes, manage packages and isolated environments with Conda, and work interactively through JupyterLab.

Instructor: Chenlai Shi
Wednesday, August 26, 10:30 AM
G9.102A or hybrid
No Registration

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Nanocourse: Introduction to ATAC-seq
ATAC-seq a powerful epigenomic method used to map open chromatin regions, transcription factor occupancy, & regulatory elements genome-wide.
Lead Instructor Edward Grow, Ph.D.
Oct 7 & 8,2026
9 AM-5 PM
in J7.100
Registration closes 8/31/26,5 PM

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BioHPC
Hands-on training session on containers and scientific computing workflows on BioHPC.

Topics:
Containers and Reproducibility
Apptainer in Context
Running Containers on BioHPC

Instructor: Mark Janse
Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 10:30 AM
In G9.102 or hybrid
No Registration

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Nanocourse: Time Series Analysis

An interdisciplinary introduction to time series analysis, combining statistical modeling, signal processing, & much more.

Lead Instructor Jeon Lee, Ph.D
Sep 22 & 24, 2026
9 to 5 both days
in G9.250A
Registration closes 8/17/2026, 5 PM

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Nanocourse: Introduction to Linux

Linux is a robust and versatile operating system favored by programmers and system administrators.

Lead Instructor: Liqiang Wang, M.S
September 22 & 23, 2026
Time: 9 AM to 5 PM both days
Location: G9.102
Registration closes 08/17/2026 at 5pm

[Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics @LHBioinf_UTSW]

Nanocourse: Introduction to Python

Lead Instructor: Kevin Dean, Ph.D
Intensive course is designed to introduce Python programming to graduate students and postdocs in biomedical fields.

Sep 30 & Oct 1, 2026
 9 AM to 5 PM both days
in G9.102
Registration closes 8/17/2026, 5 PM