About the Authors
- Bindesh Shrestha
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Contributed equally to this work with: Bindesh Shrestha, Prabhakar Sripadi
Affiliation Department of Chemistry, W. M. Keck Institute for Proteomics Technology and Applications, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Prabhakar Sripadi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Bindesh Shrestha, Prabhakar Sripadi
Current address: National Centre for Mass Spectrometry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India
Affiliation Department of Chemistry, W. M. Keck Institute for Proteomics Technology and Applications, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Brent R. Reschke
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Affiliation Protea Biosciences, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
- Holly D. Henderson
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Affiliation Protea Biosciences, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
- Matthew J. Powell
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Affiliation Protea Biosciences, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
- Sally A. Moody
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Akos Vertes
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* E-mail: vertes@gwu.edu
Affiliation Department of Chemistry, W. M. Keck Institute for Proteomics Technology and Applications, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Competing Interests
Co-author Akos Vertes is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria. Co-authors Brent R. Reschke, Holly D. Henderson, and Matthew J. Powell, are employed by a commercial company, Protea Biosciences. The corresponding author, Akos Vertes, is a co-inventor of the LAESI technique, and is named as inventor on the related patents listed below. United States Patent: US 8,067,730 B2, dated 11/29/2011, and continuations US 8,487,244 B2, dated 7/16/2013 and US 8,809,774 B2, dated 8/19/2014. Title: Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization (LAESI) for Atmospheric Pressure, In Vivo and Imaging Mass Spectrometry. Dr. Vertes is on the scientific advisory board of Protea Biosciences. Protea Biosciences markets a product, LAESI DP-1000, built on the LAESI. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AV SAM. Performed the experiments: BS PS. Analyzed the data: BS PS BRS HDH MJP SAM AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAM. Wrote the paper: BS PS BRS HDH MJP SAM AV.