About the Authors

Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen

Affiliation Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

R. Kiplin Guy

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Kelly Chibale

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Richard K. Haynes

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Ingmar Peitz

Affiliation Oncotest GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

Gerhard Kelter

Affiliation Oncotest GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

Margaret A. Phillips

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jonathan L. Vennerstrom

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Yongyuth Yuthavong

Affiliation BIOTEC, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand Science Park, Pathumthani, Thailand

Timothy N. C. Wells

wellst@mmv.org

Affiliation Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Ingmar Peitz and Gerhard Kelter are employed by Oncotest GmbH. Medicines for Malaria Venture is involved in supporting the development of some of these medicines. There are no patents or marketed products to declare. 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: TNCW RHvH IP GK. Performed the experiments: IP GK. Analyzed the data: RHvH TNCW IP GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RKG KC RKH MAP JLV YY. Wrote the paper: RHvH.