BioRender

BioRender is an online app used to create, edit, and collaborate on scientific diagrams and illustrations. It offers a large library of images to use in the creation of scientific posters, presentations, and publications.

Accessing BioRender

A free educational licence is available to all UQ staff and students and should be suitable for most use cases.

To obtain a licence, visit the BioRender website, then select the 'Sign Up' option and fill in your details.

All undergraduate students who use BioRender for classwork must sign up to use the free option.

Request a premium BioRender licence

A limited number of premium subscription licences are available. Due to licence limitations, you may be added to a waitlist. The premium licence option is only available to employed staff and HDR students under specific criteria and requirements.

Employed staff

Please submit an IT request, including a detailed business case for access to a premium licence.

HDR students

HDR students requesting a premium BioRender licence require an email from their supervisor, outlining the business case for the request. Please provide a copy of this approval when submitting an IT request for the licence.

Frazer Institute users

The Frazer Institute have their own departmental licence for BioRender. This licence is only available for Frazer Institute staff and students. For further information, please contact the Frazer Institute.

For any licensing queries related to the Frazer Institute only, contact fi.enquiries@uq.edu.au.

Premium licence administration

Due to the limited number of premium licences available, the accounts of premium licence holders will be deactivated if their account has not been accessed for a period of 90 days. Users removed from the premium licence will retain access to the BioRender portal via a free account.

If you have not previously signed up to a free account, please create a new account with the same email address you have registered via the premium licence. This will enable you to access your data via the free account.

Support

For help with account permission issues on the central licence, please submit an IT request.

For any technical support issues, contact support@biorender.com.

Conditions of use

Access credentials for the BioRender service cannot be used or shared by more than one person.
The use of hosted group accounts is not permitted.