NSU Oceanographic Campus Library Software Resources

General Information

BioRender is a web application that can be used to create scientific figures, diagrams, and illustrations from a scientifically accurate image library. BioRender contains thousands of pre-made icons and templates from more than 30 fields of life sciences. Available online for any computer - no download required.

Browse 40,000+ scientifically accurate life science icons
Create figures for publications, posters, and grant applications up to 50x faster
Collaborate with your lab and track version history in BioRender’s web-based program

Using BioRender

Free Access:

Anyone can create a free BioRender account and design up to five graphics, but the graphics may not be published.
If you are using BioRender in the classroom for educational purposes, you and your students may create free BioRender accounts as long as the images created will not be published.
In order to publish any images you create, you will need to utilize one of the Premium licenses from the Oceanographic Campus Library.

BioRender Premium Licenses:

Researchers at Nova Southeastern University's Halmos College of Arts and Sciences are able to request a BioRender premium license by contacting the license administrator Lisa Ferrara at lferrara@nova.edu.
Licenses are only available for current students, staff, and faculty. We do not offer licenses for alumni at this time.
The BioRender Premium licenses are intended for individual use only, and may not be shared among groups.
Important: Please only request a license if you have an immediate publishing need, as licenses are limited. Due to the high demand for BioRender Premium Licenses, there will be a three month checkout limit on Premium licenses.
If you finish with the license early, please let us know so we may remove you from the NSU account and provide other students or faculty with a license.

Getting Started:

To request one of the Oceanographic Campus Library's 20 institutional licenses available to NSU Halmos College faculty, students, staff, and researchers, please contact Lisa Ferrara at lferrara@nova.edu.

For more information, please visit the BioRender YouTube channel.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is BioRender?

BioRender is an online software tool that helps scientists create and share beautiful, professional science figures in minutes.

I already have a BioRender account. How do I link it to my Nova Southeastern University - Oceanographic Campus Library account?

To link your existing account, login on the NSU portal page at: https://app.biorender.com/user/signin/nsu-oclibrary. In order to publish any images, you will need to link your existing free account to the NSU licensed account. Images created with a free account are not eligible for publication per BioRender's terms.

Do I have to sign in through this portal every time?

Yes. In order to access exclusive premium features available through Nova Southeastern University - Oceanographic Campus Library’s BioRender license, you must log in through this portal (https://app.biorender.com/user/signin/nsu-oclibrary).

What happens when my NSU license is removed?

When you are finished publishing with BioRender images, you will be removed from the NSU Account. Your account will return to the Basic/Free status, which allows 5 editable graphics at a time. Your other graphics will still be on your account, but you will only be able to view and edit the 5 most recently edited/opened files.

In order to access the other files, you will have to remove one or more of the five recently edited/opened files.

You will also lose access to team figures, templates, and collaboration.