About the Authors

Stephen J. Goodswen

Affiliation School of Medical and Molecular Sciences, and the Ithree Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), New South Wales, Australia

Paul J. Kennedy

Affiliation School of Software, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and the Centre for Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), New South Wales, Australia

John T. Ellis

John.Ellis@uts.edu.au

Affiliation School of Medical and Molecular Sciences, and the Ithree Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

Stephen James Goodswen acknowledges the receipt of a PhD scholarship from Pfizer Animal Health. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG. Performed the experiments: SG. Analyzed the data: SG. Wrote the paper: SG JE PK.