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Services on this page include information and links to get CMGM, Leland, and Forsythe accounts.

Once a valid email account is obtained, students, faculty, and staff should sign up for various CMGM mailing lists grouped by department, class, employee or student status. These mailing lists allow users to contact all the members of a mailing list with just one email.

The Biochemistry department provides its students and faculty access to conference rooms, screen projectors, and digital cameras for computer-based presentations. These facilities may be reserved by contacting David Betten in room B483 or by email.


Information about options for getting software (including commercial software such as Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) for your Macintosh or PC is located on the Software page.

Signing up for an Email Account
Links and instructions to sign up for CMGM, Leland, and Forsythe accounts.
Mailing Lists
Sign up for mailing lists by lab, department, classes, employee or student status. A working email account needs to be specified at the time of subscription (Stanford-based account preferred).

Backup Services
Data files on faculty and staff computers are backed up on a weekly basis. Lab Computer data files are backed up three times a week. If you are receiving messages re: failing backups send an email here.

To avoid backing up your data, shut down the computer during its scheduled backup time.


Backup Schedules

Lab computers: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at 11pm

Faculty computers: Wednesdays at 11am

Office computers: Fridays at 11am



Last Updated: Friday, May 14, 1999