About the Authors

Jaclyn Bubnell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College and The Graduate Center Biochemistry, Biology and Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience Programs, CUNY, New York, New York, United States of America

Patrick Pfister

Affiliation Corporate Research and Development, Firmenich Inc., Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States of America

Maria L. Sapar

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College and The Graduate Center Biochemistry, Biology and Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience Programs, CUNY, New York, New York, United States of America

Matthew E. Rogers

Affiliation Corporate Research and Development, Firmenich Inc., Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States of America

Paul Feinstein

Feinstein@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College and The Graduate Center Biochemistry, Biology and Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience Programs, CUNY, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Paul Feinstein has ongoing experiments in the field of olfaction with Firmenich, Inc. and consults for Firmenich, Inc. as well. He has no patents with Firmenich. None of the experiments in this manuscript have any bearing on his interactions with Firmenich, Inc. or vice versa. 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: JB PF. Performed the experiments: JB PP MS PF. Analyzed the data: JB PP MS MR PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB PP MS MR PF. Wrote the manuscript: JB PP MR PF.