Follow these steps to create your IBM Aspera account for accessing and managing data in the EDRN Aspera on Cloud platform. This setup only needs to be completed once and will grant you ongoing access to upload and retrieve files.

1. Email the JPL Informatics Center and provide:
   1. Your name
   2. Institution
   3. Email address for your IBMid Aspera account
   4. Project name for the data upload, such as “EDRN PMRI”
2. Accept the invitation: Look for the IBM Aspera invitation in your inbox, including your junk or spam folder, and click Accept. This will direct you to the EDRN Aspera login page.