About the Authors

Heloisa Helena Milioli

Affiliations Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, School of Environmental and Life Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Renato Vimieiro

Affiliations Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, Centro de Informática, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil

Carlos Riveros

Affiliations Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Inna Tishchenko

Affiliations Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Regina Berretta

Affiliations Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Pablo Moscato

Pablo.Moscato@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliations Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHM RV CR PM. Performed the experiments: HHM RV CR IT. Analyzed the data: HHM RV CR IT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHM RV CR RB IT. Wrote the paper: HHM RV CR IT PM. Critical review of content: RB. First draft of manuscript: HHM.