About the Authors

Joseph Bucukovski

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Neus Latorre-Margalef

Affiliation Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

David E. Stallknecht

Affiliation Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Benjamin L. Miller

Benjamin_Miller@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BLM is a named inventor on patents covering the AIR technology and the hemagglutinin AIR array: (1) US 8,486,619 July 16, 2013 Miller, B. L.; Mace, C. R.; Topham, D.; Mosmann, T. R. “Arrayed imaging reflectometry (AIR) sensor chip comprising influenza hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides suitable for the detection of antiviral immune responses”; (2) US 7,292,349 November 6, 2007 Rothberg, L. J.; Miller, B. L. “Method for Biomolecular Sensing and System Thereof”. BLM is also a founder of Adarza BioSystems, Inc., a company commercializing the AIR technology. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB NLM DES BLM. Performed the experiments: JB NLM. Analyzed the data: JB NLM DES BLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB NLM DES BLM. Wrote the paper: JB NLM DES BLM.