About the Authors

Lo Vang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

VangL@ebsi.com

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher S. Morello

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Jason Mendy

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Danielle Thompson

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Darly Manayani

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Novartis Gene Therapies, San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America (PaxVax was acquired by Emergent BioSolutions Inc. Oct 2018)

Ben Guenther

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Justin Julander

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Antiviral Research, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Daniel Sanford

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Battelle Biomedical Research Center, West Jefferson, Ohio, United States of America

Amit Jain

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Amish Patel

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Paul Shabram

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Jonathan Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: VLP Therapeutics, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America (PaxVax was acquired by Emergent BioSolutions Inc. Oct 2018)

Jeff Alexander

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America, PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America (PaxVax was acquired by Emergent BioSolutions Inc. Oct 2018)

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Jonathan Smith and Darly Manayani have no competing interests. Jeff Alexander is a paid consultant of Emergent. Justin Julander and Daniel Sanford are paid employees of Utah State University and Battelle Biomedical Research Center, respectively. Lo Vang, Chris Morello, Jason Mendy, Danielle Thompson, Ben Guenther, Amit Jain, Amish Patel, and Paul Shabram are paid employees of Emergent BioSolutions Inc.