About the Authors

Phillip J. Whiley

Affiliations QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Michael T. Parsons

Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Jennifer Leary

Affiliation Familial Cancer Service, Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, University of Sydney at Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Kathy Tucker

Affiliation Hereditary Cancer Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Linda Warwick

Affiliation Genetics Department, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Belinda Dopita

Affiliation Genetics Department, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Heather Thorne

Affiliation kConFab, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sunil R. Lakhani

Affiliation The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research and School of Medicine, and Pathology Queensland, The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

David E. Goldgar

Affiliation Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Melissa A. Brown

Affiliation School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Amanda B. Spurdle

Amanda.Spurdle@qimrberghofer.edu.au

Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

David E. Goldgar declares royalties on BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing from Myriad Genetics. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJW ABS MAB DEG SRL. Performed the experiments: PJW MTP SRL. Analyzed the data: PJW SRL DEG MAB ABS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL KT BD HT LW SRL. Wrote the paper: PJW ABS.