About the Authors

Arjun Seth

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

Fiona K. Ritchie

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

Nani Wibowo

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

Linda H. L. Lua

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Protein Expression Facility, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

Anton P. J. Middelberg

a.middelberg@uq.edu.au

Affiliation The University of Queensland, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

Competing Interests

Authors NW, LL, and APJM are named contributors to a patent related to the use of nanoparticles in vaccines, filed by the University of Queensland. By virtue of their employment they may receive financial benefit if the University’s commercialisation company delivers a commercial return to the University from the patent.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS NW LHLL APJM. Performed the experiments: AS FKR. Analyzed the data: AS NW LHLL APJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS FKR. Wrote the paper: AS NW APJM.