The NIH HPC group plans, manages and supports high-performance computing systems specifically for use by the intramural NIH community. These systems include Biowulf, a 105,000+ processor Linux cluster; Helix, an interactive system for file transfer and management, and Helixweb, which provides a number of web-based scientific tools. We provide access to a wide range of computational applications for genomics, molecular and structural biology, mathematical and graphical analysis, image analysis, and other scientific fields.

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Recent Papers that used Biowulf & HPC Resources

Aberrant one-carbon metabolism and ancestral genetics underlie edematous severe acute malnutrition
Lie, NC; Han, Y; Li, Q et al.
Nat Commun , DOI://10.1038/s41467-026-74239-x (2026)


A stem-like chromatin program in small-cell lung cancer is associated with poor outcomes after chemoimmunotherapy
Kumar, R; Desai, P; El Meskini, R et al.
Cell Rep Med , DOI://10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.103027 (2026)


Ryder: epigenome normalization using a two-tier model and internal reference regions
Cao, Y; Ge, G; Zhao, K; ,
Bioinformatics , DOI://10.1093/bioinformatics/btag753 (2026)


Utility of Pancreatic Perivascular Adipose Tissue as a CT Imaging Biomarker for Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes
Prasad, AV; Mathai, TS; Balamuralikrishna, PTS et al.
Diabetes , DOI://10.2337/db25-1140 (2026)


Daturolides A-K, cytotoxic sesquiterpene lactones from Datura wrightii
Hwang, JY; Wilson, BAP; Marron, L et al.
RSC Adv , DOI://10.1039/d6ra08123a (2026)


Use of organ transplant solution to preserve skeletal muscle for cellular and spatial transcriptomic analyses
Uapinyoying, P; Moon, YJ; Zhang, A et al.
Sci Rep , DOI://10.1038/s41598-026-58534-7 (2026)


Basal Marker ΔNp63α Is Enriched in Pancreatic Cancer Metastases but Not in Primary Tumors Post-Chemotherapy
Ryan, DH; Ohara, Y; Kruhlak, MJ et al.
Cancer Med , DOI://10.1002/cam4.72322 (2026)


Generalist foundation models from a multimodal dataset for 3D computed tomography
Hamamci, IE; Er, S; Wang, C et al.
Nat Biomed Eng , DOI://10.1038/s41551-025-01599-y (2026)