About the Authors
- Neil A. Switz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Neil A. Switz, Michael V. D'Ambrosio
Affiliation Department of Bioengineering & Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Michael V. D'Ambrosio
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Contributed equally to this work with: Neil A. Switz, Michael V. D'Ambrosio
* E-mail: mdambrosio@berkeley.edu
Affiliation Department of Bioengineering & Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Daniel A. Fletcher
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering & Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: This study was funded in part by Microsoft Research and Intel Corporation. Daniel Fletcher and Neil Switz are inventors on US Patent Application 20110009163, “High Numerical Aperture Telemicroscopy Apparatus”, filed January 13th, 2011. Co-author Daniel Fletcher is a co-founder of CellScope, Inc., a company commercializing a cellphone-based otoscope. Co-authors Daniel Fletcher and Neil Switz hold shares in CellScope, Inc. The shares belonging to Neil Switz are held by The Regents of the University of California and disposition is determined by them according to a fixed formula. Cellscope, Inc. neither had nor has any involvement with the project described in this paper. 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: NAS MVD DAF. Performed the experiments: NAS MVD. Analyzed the data: NAS MVD DAF. Wrote the paper: NAS MVD DAF.