About the Authors

Michael S. Akhras

Affiliations Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Sreedevi Thiyagarajan

Affiliation Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Andrea C. Villablanca

Affiliation Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Ronald W. Davis

Affiliation Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Pål Nyrén

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Nader Pourmand

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pourmand@stanford.edu

Affiliation Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP. Performed the experiments: MA AV. Analyzed the data: NP MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP ST. Wrote the paper: NP MA. Other: Director, Stanford Genome Technology Center: RD. Michael S. Akhras' PhD advisor: PN.