About the Authors

Denis Voronin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

DVoronin@nybc.org

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Nancy Tricoche

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Shabnam Jawahar

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael Shlossman

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Christina A. Bulman

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Chelsea Fischer

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael T. Suderman

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cell Systems-3D, LLC, Kemah, Texas, United States of America

Judy A. Sakanari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sara Lustigman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Molecular Parasitology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Cell Systems- 3D, LLC is a research for-profit contract research organization (CRO) whose focus is the development of 3-D in vitro models of human, veterinary or insect cells/tissues as investigatory platforms for development of successful countermeasures of infectious diseases and/or agents. MTS was the sole employee of Cell Systems-3D, LLC involved in this research effort. The company participation in Cell Systems-3D,LLC nor any current or past employee has a commercial or employment affiliation with the New York Blood Bank or the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Company participation in this publication is as a research co-investigator. MTS is the founder and Chief Science Officer of the company.