About the Authors

Michael Wetter

Affiliation GlycoVaxyn AG, Schlieren, Switzerland

David Goulding

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Derek Pickard

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Michael Kowarik

Affiliation GlycoVaxyn AG, Schlieren, Switzerland

Charles J. Waechter

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Gordon Dougan

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Michael Wacker

michael.wacker@glycovaxyn.com

Affiliation GlycoVaxyn AG, Schlieren, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: M. Wetter, MK and M. Wacker are all GlycoVaxyn AG employees. M. Wetter, MK and M. Wacker own shares/stock options from GlycoVaxyn AG, and GlycoVaxyn AG was the funder for this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Wetter MK CJW GD M. Wacker. Performed the experiments: M. Wetter DG DP. Analyzed the data: M. Wetter DG DP CJW GD M. Wacker. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Wetter DG DP MK CJW. Wrote the paper: M. Wetter GD M. Wacker.