About the Authors

Gaurav Bhatia

gbhatia@mit.edu

Affiliations Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vikas Bansal

Affiliation Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Olivier Harismendy

Affiliation Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nicholas J. Schork

Affiliation Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eric J. Topol

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Kelly Frazer

Affiliations Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Vineet Bafna

Affiliations Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: G. Bhatia, V. Bafna. Performed the experiments: G. Bhatia, V. Bafna. Analyzed the data: G. Bhatia, O. Harismendy, N.J. Schork, E. J. Topol, K. Frazer, V. Bafna. Wrote the paper: G. Bhatia, O. Harismendy, N.J. Schork, J. Topol, K. Frazer, V. Bafna. Helped with algorithm development and statistical analysis: V. Bansal.