About the Authors

Georg Karpel-Massler

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Fresia Pareja

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Pascaline Aimé

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Chang Shu

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Lily Chau

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Mike-Andrew Westhoff

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Marc-Eric Halatsch

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

John F. Crary

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Canoll

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Markus D. Siegelin

ms4169@cumc.columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDS GKM FP. Performed the experiments: GKM MDS FP CS LC. Analyzed the data: GKM MDS PC JFC M-AW M-EH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PA. Wrote the paper: MDS GKM.