About the Authors

Michael J. Strong

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Guorong Xu

Affiliation Department of Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

Lisa Morici

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Sandra Splinter Bon-Durant

Affiliation University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Melody Baddoo

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Zhen Lin

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Claire Fewell

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Christopher M. Taylor

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Research Institute for Children, Children's Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Erik K. Flemington

eflemin@tulane.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.