About the Authors

Lei Xie

lei.xie@hunter.cuny.edu

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, Ph.D. Program in Computer Science, Biology, and Biochemistry, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Xiaoxia Ge

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Hepan Tan

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Li Xie

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Yinliang Zhang

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Thomas Hart

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Xiaowei Yang

Affiliation School of Public Health, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Philip E. Bourne

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.