About the Authors

Thomas Spangenberg

spangenbergt@mmv.org (TS); willisp@mmv.org (PW)

Affiliation Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

Jeremy N. Burrows

Affiliation Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

Paul Kowalczyk

Affiliation SCYNEXIS Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Simon McDonald

Affiliation Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

Timothy N. C. Wells

Affiliation Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

Paul Willis

spangenbergt@mmv.org (TS); willisp@mmv.org (PW)

Affiliation Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

PK is employed by SCYNEXIS, Inc. 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: TS JNB PK SMD TNCW PW. Performed the experiments: TS PK SMD PW. Analyzed the data: TS JNB PK PW. Wrote the paper: TS JNB PK TNCW PW.