About the Authors

Jeff Alexander

jalexander@paxvax.com

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Simone Ward

Current address: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jason Mendy

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Darly J. Manayani

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Peggy Farness

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jenny B. Avanzini

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Ben Guenther

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Fermin Garduno

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Lily Jow

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Victoria Snarsky

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Glenn Ishioka

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Xin Dong

Current address: Neostasis, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Lo Vang

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Mark J. Newman

Current address: GeoVax Inc., Smyrna, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Tim Mayall

Affiliation PaxVax Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The members of PaxVax, past and present, have the following conflicts of interest: SW, XD and MN no longer work at PaxVax but were paid during their employment. All data reported in this study was completed while SW, XD and MN were employees of PaxVax. SW, XD, and MN are now employed by the following entities: SW (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California); XD (Neostasis, Inc., San Diego, California); and MN (GeoVax Inc. Smyrna, Georgia). The stated competing interests of SW, XD and MN do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PL0S ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All remaining authors (JA, JM, DJM, PF, JBA, BG, FG, LJ, VS, GI, LV and TM) are current paid employees of PaxVax. The following employees also own stock in PaxVax: JA, JM, DJM, PF, JBA, BG, FG, LJ, VS, GI, LV, and TM. JA and TM are listed as authors on a pending U.S. patent application No. 12/847,767. The stated competing interests of current PaxVax employees do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PL0S ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA MN TM SW JM DJM PF JBA BG FG LJ VS GI XD LV. Performed the experiments: SW JM DJM PF JBA BG FG LJ VS GI XD LV. Analyzed the data: JA MN TM SW JM DJM PF JBA BG FG LJ VS GI XD LV. Wrote the paper: JA MN TM.