About the Authors

Beat Nyfeler

Affiliation Developmental and Molecular Pathways, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yan Chen

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiaoyan Li

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Maria Pinzon-Ortiz

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zuncai Wang

Affiliation Developmental and Molecular Pathways, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anupama Reddy

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elina Pradhan

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rita Das

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph Lehár

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert Schlegel

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter M. Finan

Affiliation Developmental and Molecular Pathways, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Z. Alexander Cao

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leon O. Murphy

Affiliation Developmental and Molecular Pathways, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alan Huang

alan.huang@novartis.com

Affiliation Oncology Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Beat Nyfeler, Yan Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Maria Pinzon-Ortiz, Anupama Reddy, Joseph Lehar, Robert Schlegel, Peter M. Finan, Z. Alex Cao, Leon O. Murphy and Alan Huang are employees and/or share holders of Novartis Pharma AG. BEZ235 and RAD001 are either development or marketed products of Novartis Pharma AG. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BN RS PMF ZAC LOM AH. Performed the experiments: YC XL MP-O ZW EP RD. Analyzed the data: BN AR JL ZAC AH. Wrote the paper: BN AR ZAC AH.