About the Authors

Michael Solarski

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Krembil Discovery Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Declan Williams

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Krembil Discovery Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mohadeseh Mehrabian

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Krembil Discovery Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hansen Wang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Krembil Discovery Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Holger Wille

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Gerold Schmitt-Ulms

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

g.schmittulms@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Krembil Discovery Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

HaW and GS held a provisional patent on amyloid-beta binding polypeptides (filing number 62/451,309) in the year 2017. At this time, the provisional patent expired and no application for a regular patent was filed. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.