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The Zoology Computing Unit builds and maintains the computing infrastructure needed for the research, teaching and administration functions of the department. Services we offer include: email, printing (including posters), file serving, cloud storage, personal computer backups, flexible web hosting, shared equipment/software, consulting/advice, a computer cluster for large RAM-requiring jobs (usually genomics) and a server farm for simulations. "Gradlab" is our shared-equipment room,  "Statslab" is a 20-seat PC lab for teaching, and a cart with 20 laptops which can be deployed in any classroom.  The ZCU has a properly climate- and power-conditioned room both for shared departmental servers, and for computing equipment belonging to individual labs.  We also have a computing tools loaner pool.

The ZCU offers the benefits of an embedded IT service.  A few of these benefits are: the staff and the people they serve know each other, the staff and facilities are local and thus easy to contact/use, and our relatively smaller user base allows us to more easily specialize, adapt and innovate.  The manager is a biologist, to facilitate communication to/from the computing world.

We are located at:
Beaty Biodiversity Centre
2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
phone: (604) 822-2645
fax: (604) 822-2416
e-mail: alistair@zoology.ubc.ca

For more information, please visit the Zoology Computing Unit Information Wiki

ZCU team      
Alistair Blachford alistair@zoology.ubc.ca 822-2645 manager of the ZCU
Nick Koubrak nick@zoology.ubc.ca 822-3882 core systems administrator
Andy LeBlanc andy@zoology.ubc.ca 822-6527 lab systems administrator
Department of Zoology
4200 - 6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
604 822 2131
E-mail info@zoology.ubc.ca
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