About the Authors

Johnny C. Akers

Affiliation Center for Theoretical and Applied Neuro-Oncology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Valya Ramakrishnan

Affiliation Center for Theoretical and Applied Neuro-Oncology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

John P. Nolan

Affiliation Scintillon Institute for Biomedical and Bioenergy Research, San Diego, California, United States of America

Erika Duggan

Affiliation Scintillon Institute for Biomedical and Bioenergy Research, San Diego, California, United States of America

Chia-Chun Fu

Affiliation Izon Science, Christchurch, New Zealand

Fred H. Hochberg

Affiliation Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Clark C. Chen

clarkchen@ucsd.edu

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Center for Theoretical and Applied Neuro-Oncology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Bob S. Carter

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Center for Theoretical and Applied Neuro-Oncology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Chia-Chun Fu is an employee of Izon Science. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCA VR CCC. Performed the experiments: JCA VR CCF JPN ED CCC. Analyzed the data: JCA JPN CCF ED CCC BSC FHH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSC FHH. Wrote the paper: JCA CCC.