About the Authors

Mehmet Baysan

Affiliation New York University Cancer Institute, New York University Brain Tumor Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Kevin Woolard

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Serdar Bozdag

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Gregory Riddick

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Svetlana Kotliarova

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Margaret C. Cam

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Galina I. Belova

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Susie Ahn

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wei Zhang

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hua Song

Affiliation Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer Walling

Affiliation Genetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Holly Stevenson

Affiliation Genetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paul Meltzer

Affiliation Genetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Howard A. Fine

Howard.Fine@nyumc.org

Current address: New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, NYU Cancer Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation New York University Cancer Institute, New York University Brain Tumor Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB KW SB GR SK MC HF. Performed the experiments: KW SK GIB SA WZ H. Song JW H. Stevenson PM. Analyzed the data: MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM HF. Wrote the paper: MB KW SB GR SK MC GIB SA WZ H. Song JW H. Stevenson PM HF.