About the Authors
- R. Kyle Palmer
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* E-mail: kpalmer@opertechbio.com
Affiliation Opertech Bio, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Daniel Long
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Affiliation Opertech Bio, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Francis Brennan
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Affiliation Genomind, LLC, Chalfont, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Tulu Buber
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Affiliation Opertech Bio, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Robert Bryant
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Affiliation Asheville Flavor Innovations, LLC, Asheville, North Carolina, United State of America
- F. Raymond Salemme
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Affiliation Imiplex, LLC, Bristol, Pennsylvania, United State of America
Competing Interests
RKP and DL currently, and TB formerly are employed by Opertech Bio, whose company funded this study and which uses the technology described in the manuscript for commercial purposes. RKP and FRS are named as inventors on a patent application for the described technology (US Application No.: 11/275,059 HIGH-THROUGHPUT OPERANT SENSORY DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD). FB is an employee of Genomind LLC. RB is an employee of Bryant Scientific Consulting LLC. FRS is an employee of Imiplex LLC. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: RKP FRS FB RB. Performed the experiments: DL TB FB RKP. Analyzed the data: RKP FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RKP. Wrote the manuscript: RKP.