About the Authors

Martin Lehmann

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital and Medical School of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Susana Rocha

Affiliation Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Bastien Mangeat

Affiliations Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital and Medical School of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine and University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Fabien Blanchet

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine and University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Hiroshi Uji-i

Affiliation Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Johan Hofkens

Affiliation Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Vincent Piguet

piguetv@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliations Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital and Medical School of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine and University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML JH VP. Performed the experiments: ML SR BM FB HU. Analyzed the data: ML SR BM FB HU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR BM HU. Wrote the paper: ML VP. Build set-up: SR HU ML.