About the Authors

Jeremy Goecks

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeremy Goecks, Nathan T. Mortimer

Affiliations Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nathan T. Mortimer

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeremy Goecks, Nathan T. Mortimer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James A. Mobley

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Gregory J. Bowersock

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

James Taylor

james@taylorlab.org (JT); tschlen@emory.edu (TAS)

Affiliations Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Todd A. Schlenke

james@taylorlab.org (JT); tschlen@emory.edu (TAS)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG NTM JT TAS. Performed the experiments: JG NTM JAM GJB. Analyzed the data: JG NTM JAM GJB JT TAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAM JT TAS. Wrote the paper: JG NTM JAM JT TAS.