About the Authors

Ann J. Hessell

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, and IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eva G. Rakasz

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Pascal Poignard

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, and IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Lars Hangartner

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, and IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Gary Landucci

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Donald N. Forthal

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Wayne C. Koff

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

David I. Watkins

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Dennis R. Burton

burton@scripps.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, and IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJH EGR LH WCK DIW DRB. Performed the experiments: AJH EGR LH GL. Analyzed the data: AJH EGR PP LH GL DNF DRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRB. Wrote the paper: AJH PP DRB. Managed the research project: AJH. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: LH DNF WCK DIW.