About the Authors

Verena Stadlbauer

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels, Austria

Renate Haselgrübler

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels, Austria

Peter Lanzerstorfer

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels, Austria

Birgit Plochberger

Affiliations University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

Daniela Borgmann

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria

Jaroslaw Jacak

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria

Stephan M. Winkler

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria

Klaus Schröder

Affiliation BioMed zet Life Science GmbH, Linz, Austria

Otmar Höglinger

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels, Austria

Julian Weghuber

julian.weghuber@fh-wels.at

Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels, Austria

Competing Interests

Klaus Schröder is employed by BioMed zet Life Science GmbH. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS OH KS JW. Performed the experiments: VS RH PL BP JW. Analyzed the data: VS RH PL BP DB JJ SMW. Wrote the paper: VS JW.