About the Authors

Jane R. Engler

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Aaron E. Robinson

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Ivan Smirnov

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

J. Graeme Hodgson

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Oncology, Pfizer, La Jolla, California, United states of America

Mitchel S. Berger

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Nalin Gupta

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

C. David James

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Annette Molinaro

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joanna J. Phillips

joanna.phillips@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author MSB is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board Member. 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: JRE AM JJP. Performed the experiments: JRE AR IS AM JJP. Analyzed the data: JRE AR IS AM JJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGH MSB NG CDJ. Wrote the paper: JRE IS CDJ AM JJP.