About the Authors

Jean-Louis Boulay

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

André R. Miserez

Affiliation Research Laboratories, Diagene Inc., Reinach, Switzerland

Christian Zweifel

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, Neurosurgical Clinic, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Balasubramanian Sivasankaran

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Veronika Kana

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Anthony Ghaffari

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, Neurosurgical Clinic, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Cordelia Luyken

Affiliation Departments of Neuropathology, and Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Michael Sabel

Affiliation Departments of Neuropathology, and Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Abdessamad Zerrouqi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Morten Wasner

Affiliation Neurosurgical Clinic, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Erwin Van Meir

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Markus Tolnay

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Guido Reifenberger

Affiliation Departments of Neuropathology, and Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Adrian Merlo

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: amerlo@uhbs.ch

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, Neurosurgical Clinic, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM JB AM CZ. Performed the experiments: AM CZ BS VK AG CL MS AZ. Analyzed the data: EV MT GR AM JB AM CZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EV GR MW. Wrote the paper: AM JB AM.