About the Authors

Fangping Cai

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Wei-Hung Chen

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Weimin Wu

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Center for Molecular Microscopy, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Julia A. Jones

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Misook Choe

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Neelakshi Gohain

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Xiaoying Shen

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Celia LaBranche

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Amanda Eaton

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Laura Sutherland

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Esther M. Lee

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Giovanna E. Hernandez

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Nelson R. Wu

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard Scearce

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael S. Seaman

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

M. Anthony Moody

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sampa Santra

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kevin Wiehe

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Georgia D. Tomaras

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kshitij Wagh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Bette Korber

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Mattia Bonsignori

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David C. Montefiori

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Barton F. Haynes

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Natalia de Val

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Center for Molecular Microscopy, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

M. Gordon Joyce

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

gjoyce@eidresearch.org (MGJ); Kevin.saunders@duke.edu (KOS)

Affiliations Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kevin O. Saunders

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

gjoyce@eidresearch.org (MGJ); Kevin.saunders@duke.edu (KOS)

Affiliations Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: B.F.H. has filed International Patent Application PCT/US2004/030397 and National Stage Applications directed to CON-S and its use as an immunogen. K.O.S. has filed International Patent Application PCT/US2019/020436 directed to CON-S and its use as an immunogen.