MacVector | Research IT Core Services

MacVector

Description

MacVector combines a comprehensive set of fully integrated sequence analysis functions with the ease of use and graphic capabilities of the Macintosh. From Lipman-Pearson database searches to Chou-Fasman secondary structure predictions, MacVector makes accurate sequence analysis easy.

Available to

All Cincinnati Children's employees on CCHMC issued assets only.

Cost

Please refer to https://softrack.research.cchmc.org/software/ for current pricing.

License Type

17 concurrent users

Purchase Instructions

To place an order for MacVector software, you must login into the Softrack system. You will need to place a separate request for each system you wish to have the MacVector software installed on.

Go to https://softrack.research.cchmc.org/software and click on the ‘login’ icon in the upper left hand corner.
Enter your CCHMC login credentials.
Once logged in, click on the ‘Available’ tab.
Then click on the ‘Request’ tab next to the software you wish to purchase.
Provide all the pertinent information needed for your request [PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT THE CORRECT ASSET TAG AND OS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE NEW LICENSE KEY AND SOFTWARE]
Once information is complete, click ‘Submit’ button at the bottom of the page to submit your request for processing.
You will receive an email confirmation of your order and it will become viewable via the “My Licenses” tab in the Softrack portal once the order has been placed.
Once the software has been deployed to your system, you will receive a second email with the title ‘BMI Software License Confirmation’ to confirm that the new license has been installed.

Need Help?

For technical assistance with other research software, email software@bmi.cchmc.org. For basic desktop support or assistance with clinical information systems, call the Cincinnati Children's Service Desk, 513-636-4100, or visit the Information Services CenterLink site. UC employees should call the UCit Help Desk, 513-556-HELP.

A note about UCit software

UC researchers are served with desktop software by UCIT. In many cases this software is licensed specifically to UC employees only (i.e., people who receive paychecks from UC) or must be run on UC-owned or controlled equipment, making it inaccessible to Cincinnati Children's personnel. Please make sure you read the license agreement carefully before you use UC software.

Faculty and students of UC are eligible to purchase software from UC. However, when purchasing from UC, the license agreement states that the software can be installed only on your personally owned or UC-owned computer and not on machines owned by other institutions. Since Children’s Hospital is a separate entity from UC, installing software purchased from UC on CCHMC owned computers is a violation of that license agreement. There is a difference in the price of software purchased from Biomedical Informatics at Children’s Hospital versus from the UC Bookstore. This difference is because UC qualifies for the educational discount whereas Children’s Hospital does not. Although Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is affiliated with UC, we are not a degree granting institution. We are a hospital, therefore we only qualify for the healthcare/non-profit discount.