About the Authors

Benjamin E. Epstein

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

Affiliation Genomics, Development and Disease Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gabrielle M. Soden

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genomics, Development and Disease Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Arturo A. Incao

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Genomics, Development and Disease Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Avani Mylvara

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

Affiliation Genomics, Development and Disease Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jonathan Flynn

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biologics Research Center, Novartis, San Diego, California, United States of America

Fatih Ozsolak

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biologics Research Center, Novartis, San Diego, California, United States of America

William J. Pavan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

wjpavan@gmail.com

Affiliation Genomics, Development and Disease Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The NIH has filed patents on behalf of William J. Pavan on work related to NPC1 genes and the AAV gene therapy treatment of NPC1 (US Patent Publication Numbers 20180104289, 20210113635). Fatih Ozsolak and Jonathan Flynn are at present, or were during the time of their contribution to this manuscript, employed by Novartis Pharma AG and received salaries and own stock in Novartis as part of their remuneration for employment; they have no competing interests as regards consultancies, patents or products in development or currently marketed. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.