About the Authors

Steen H. Matthiesen

steen.matthiesen@dako.com

Affiliation Research and Development, Dako, Glostrup, Denmark

Charles M. Hansen

Affiliation Charles M. Hansen Consulting, Hørsholm, Denmark

Competing Interests

SHM is employed by Dako. CMH has worked as consultant for Dako. SHM and CMH are inventors on the patent application WO 2009/144581 Hybridization Compositions and Methods. CMH holds financial interest in the application. SHM is as well inventor on the following patent applications: WO 2009/147537 Compositions and Methods for Detection of Chromosomal Aberrations with Novel Hybridization Buffers; WO 2010/097655 Compositions and Methods for RNA Hybridization Applications; WO 2010/097656 Compositions and Methods for Performing a Stringent Wash Step in Hybridization Applications; WO 2010/097707 Compositions and Methods for Performing Hybridizations with Separate Denaturation of the Sample and Probe; WO 2011/067678 A2 Compositions and Methods for Performing Hybridizations with No Denaturation. SHM holds no financial interest in the patent applications. All applications are owned by Dako. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHM. Performed the experiments: SHM. Analyzed the data: SHM CMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHM CMH. Wrote the paper: SHM.