About the Authors
- Ranieri Cancedda
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* E-mail: ranieri.cancedda@unige.it
Affiliation Universita’ degli Studi di Genova & Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
- Yi Liu
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Affiliation Universita’ degli Studi di Genova & Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
- Alessandra Ruggiu
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Affiliation Universita’ degli Studi di Genova & Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
- Sara Tavella
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Affiliation Universita’ degli Studi di Genova & Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
- Roberta Biticchi
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Affiliation Universita’ degli Studi di Genova & Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
- Daniela Santucci
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Affiliation Istituto Superiore di Sanita’, Behavioural Neurosciences Section, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Roma, Italy
- Silvia Schwartz
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Affiliation Istituto Superiore di Sanita’, Behavioural Neurosciences Section, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Roma, Italy
- Paolo Ciparelli
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Affiliation Thales Alenia Space, Vimodrone (MI), Italy
- Giancarlo Falcetti
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Affiliation Thales Alenia Space, Vimodrone (MI), Italy
- Chiara Tenconi
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Affiliation Thales Alenia Space, Vimodrone (MI), Italy
- Vittorio Cotronei
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Affiliation ASI - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Roma, Italy
- Salvatore Pignataro
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Affiliation ASI - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Roma, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: P.C., G.F. and C.T. are employed by the commercial company (Thales Alenia Space) appointed by ASI to develop and to build the MDS payload. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RC YL. Performed the experiments: YL AR ST RB. Analyzed the data: RC YL AR ST DS SS. Wrote the paper: RC AR ST. Contributed the MDS payload: PC GF CT. Acted as MDS Science Manager and MDS Program Manager respectively for the ASI and played a major role in the MDS in-flight mission preparation and execution: VC SP.