====== HPC Newsletter - 2026/03 ======

Welcome to the March 2026 HPC newsletter. This month we've got a lot of new software packages to announce, and some changes to the HPC website and some new wiki articles for you.

Unfortunately this month we also had a few system problems - ongoing connectivity issues to RDW, file transfer speeds to Lustre and some resilience issues with login nodes and filestore.
===== Software Changes =====

**New software**

   * FSL
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:fsl
   * CNVKit
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:cnvkit
   * DEXSeq
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:bioapps
   * Gaussian & Gaussview
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:gaussian
   * Stata/MP
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:statamp
   * Amber & Ambertools
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:ambermd
   * OpenGeoSys
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:ogs
   * PGAP
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:pgap
   * Ice Sheet & Sea Level System Model
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:issm
   * CCP-EM, Doppio, Relion, CCP4, Modeller, Model Angelo, MotionCore, Topaz and more
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:ccpemsuite
   * rclone
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:rclone

**Changed software**

   * netcdf-fortran - A bug was fixed which restored the missing shared library folder in this module

   * Bioapps container - R and DEXSeq were added to the existing Bioapps container image

===== Website & Documentation =====

   * New Apptainer container build examples
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:samplecontainers
   * FAQ for extending R-Studio library path
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq:038
   * Citation statement for referencing Comet HPC in your publications
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:statements
   * MuSpAn - An installation guide was published for user-install of this Python module
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=advanced:software:muspan 
   * HPC Driving Test updated to not require scroll-back after submitting an answer
   * New public reports section for HPC utilisation information and metrics
      * https://hpc.researchcomputing.ncl.ac.uk/reports/

===== System Changes =====

===== Community Events =====

===== In The Pipeline =====

We are currently investigating Nextflow (https://www.nextflow.io/) and Globus (https://www.globus.org/globus-connect-personal) as two new software packages to bring to Comet. Expect to see and hear more about these next month.

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