About the Authors

Andreas Gerasch

gerasch@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliations Algorithmics, Department for Computer Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Applied Bioinformatics, Center for Bioinformatics, Quantitative Biology Center, and Department for Computer Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Daniel Faber

Affiliation Algorithmics, Department for Computer Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Jan Küntzer

Affiliation Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Pharma Research and Early Development Informatics, Penzberg, Germany

Peter Niermann

Affiliation Applied Bioinformatics, Center for Bioinformatics, Quantitative Biology Center, and Department for Computer Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Oliver Kohlbacher

Affiliation Applied Bioinformatics, Center for Bioinformatics, Quantitative Biology Center, and Department for Computer Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Hans-Peter Lenhof

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Michael Kaufmann

Affiliation Algorithmics, Department for Computer Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

One of the authors (JK) is currently employee at Roche Diagnostics GmbH. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: AG OK HPL. Main Software Developer: AG. Software Developer: DF. Software Testing: DF PN OK HPL JK. Design and Concept: AG OK HPL MK JK.