About the Authors

Filipe Grácio

Affiliations Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IBB), Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joaquim Cabral

Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IBB), Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal

Bruce Tidor

tidor@mit.edu

Affiliations Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors note here that some of the computations were carried out on hardware donated by the Intel Corporation. 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: FG JC BT. Performed the experiments: FG. Analyzed the data: FG JC BT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG. Wrote the paper: FG JC BT.