About the Authors

David J. Pedersen

Current address: Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Diabetes and Obesity Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Barbara Diakanastasis

Affiliation Diabetes and Obesity Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jacqueline Stöckli

Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer

c.schmitz-peiffer@garvan.org.au

Affiliations Diabetes and Obesity Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJP JS CSP. Performed the experiments: DJP BD. Analyzed the data: DJP BD CSP. Wrote the paper: DJP CSP.