About the Authors

Vivek Nandakumar

Affiliations School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Laimonas Kelbauskas

Affiliation Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Kathryn F. Hernandez

Affiliations Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Kelly M. Lintecum

Affiliations Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Patti Senechal

Affiliation Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Kimberly J. Bussey

Affiliations Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Clinical Translational Research Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Paul C. W. Davies

Affiliation Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Roger H. Johnson

roger.h.johnson@asu.edu

Affiliation Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Deirdre R. Meldrum

Affiliations School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

Roger Johnson holds shares in VisionGate Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VN LK KJB RHJ. Performed the experiments: VN KFH KML PS. Analyzed the data: VN LK KJB RHJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VN PS. Wrote the paper: VN KJB RHJ. Critical manuscript review: PCWD DRM. Overall research guidance: DRM.