See information and updates for applications requested by the community, which are not currently in our application portfolio.
Current Applications Portfolio
- Please visit the Medical Education Resources page and the Research Applications page for a complete listing of available applications.
- Applications such as Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Suite are available on all Michigan Medicine CoreImage and CoreMac computers. These apps do not appear on these lists. For more information on applications available on CoreImage and CoreMac devices, please visit the Michigan Medicine Help Center or the Managed Computing Services page on the HITS website.
- If you don't see a software title you use frequently or will need to use in the future, let us know by submitting a new idea or upvoting an existing idea in our HITS Ideas Portal. We use your feedback to update and improve our software offerings.If you are unsure about what application might be best for your use case, please submit an Academic Applications Consult ticket through the Michigan Medicine Help Center. A member of our Academic Applications team will contact you.
Requested Research Applications
BioRender
About: BioRender is a web application that can be used to create scientific figures, diagrams, and illustrations from a scientifically accurate image library.
Status: An enterprise license was evaluated and it was determined in April 2024 that an enterprise-wide agreement was not beneficial for the university from a cost perspective. It should be purchased on an individual basis.
Imaris
About: Imaris is Bitplane's core product which provides functionality for the visualization, segmentation and interpretation of 3D and 4D microscopy datasets.
Status: We are aware of the need for this application, however we have only received a small number of requests for it. We will continue to monitor/track the interest in this application, but will not be pursuing an enterprise license at this time.
Mendeley
About: Mendeley is a citation add-in used to insert reference and bibliography information into Word documents.
Status: HITS received several requests to enable this reference application for M365. If you would like to see this add-in enabled, please upvote it in the Ideas Portal.
PaperPile
About: Paperpile is a web-based commercial reference management software, with special emphasis on integration with Google Docs and Google Scholar
Status: A thorough analysis determined the individual cost for this application is more economical for Michigan Medicine than obtaining an enterprise license. At the time of analysis, individual costs were $2.99 per month, and usage data indicates about 240 people are paying for licenses. The costs for the enterprise license are not advantageous based on the usage data.
Quartzy
About: Quartzy is an online lab management platform and scientific research supply marketplace.
Status: We are aware of the need for this application, however we have only received a small number of requests for it. We will continue to monitor/track the interest in this application, but will not be pursuing an enterprise license at this time.
Sequencher
About: Sequencher is software for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequence analysis and assembly.
Status: We are aware of the need for this application, however we have only received a small number of requests for it. We will continue to monitor/track the interest in this application, but will not be pursuing an enterprise license at this time.
SnapGene
About: SnapGene is molecular biology software that allows users to plan, visualize, and document molecular biology procedures.
Status: We are aware of the need for this application, however we have only received a small number of requests for it. We will continue to monitor/track the interest in this application, but will not be pursuing an enterprise license at this time.
Zotero
About: Zotero is an open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials.
Status: HITS received several requests to enable this reference application for M365. If you would like to see this add-in enabled, we recommend you upvote it in the Ideas Portal.