Departmental Resources
Electronic mail is provided by a server in the Department of
Biological Sciences. All Biology servers run on Redhat Linux. The Biological Sciences WWW system is hosted on a
Redhat Enterprise 4 Linux system.
The GCG package for molecular
genetic analysis is provided for common use by the Department
on a Silicon Graphics Irix computer.
A number of imaging workstations (Pentium 4 running Windows 2000 or XP Pro) with
scanner, color printer, slidemaker, and image manipulation software is
available for common use within the department. Photographic-quality
color printers are also available. Mac workstations are also available
Support for Departmental computing is provided by a full-time Systems Administrator. In addition, imaging systems are also supported by a graphics staff member.
Teaching Resources
The Department of Biological sciences maintains two computer-equipped
teaching laboratories, each with 8 Windows XP Pro workstations. One is
oriented towards ecological sciences and data analysis; the other is
equipped with analog/digital hardware and software from National
Instruments in support of neurobiology or other instrument-based
courses.
In addition, there are numerous computer laboratories in Coker Life Science and neighboring buildings that are maintained by the College of Arts and Sciences. These contain a wide variety of computers including Pentium 4 Windows XP Pro systems, Silicon Graphics Irix systems, Macintoshes, and other computers.
A computer- and video-projection lecture hall is available in Coker Life Sciences Building. It is equipped with a networked Pentium 4 workstation running Windows XP Pro, and can also be driven with a Windows or Mac laptop.
Campus Resources
Computer Services at USC supports
a wide variety of campus-wide computing resources. All
undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and faculty are entitled to a
campus mainframe email account. The University has arranged
site-licenses and discounts for a range of software. The campus
is well on in its goal to network all undergraduate residence
halls.