About the Authors

Jens H. Westhoff

jens.westhoff@med.uni-heidelberg.de (JHW); urban.liebel@kit.edun (UL); jochen.gehrig@kit.edu (JG)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics I, University Children’s Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Stefan Giselbrecht

Affiliation Institute for Biological Interfaces 2, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Miriam Schmidts

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Unit, Birth Defects Research Centre, University College London (UCL), Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Sebastian Schindler

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics I, University Children’s Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Philip L. Beales

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Unit, Birth Defects Research Centre, University College London (UCL), Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Burkhard Tönshoff

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics I, University Children’s Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Urban Liebel

jens.westhoff@med.uni-heidelberg.de (JHW); urban.liebel@kit.edun (UL); jochen.gehrig@kit.edu (JG)

Affiliations Institute for Applied Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, Accelerator Laboratory, Innovation Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany;

Jochen Gehrig

jens.westhoff@med.uni-heidelberg.de (JHW); urban.liebel@kit.edun (UL); jochen.gehrig@kit.edu (JG)

Affiliations Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, Accelerator Laboratory, Innovation Department, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany;

Competing Interests

The authors have the following conflicts. UL is co-founder and executive director, and JG is application strategist at Acquifer GmbH. 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: JHW JG SG MS PLB. Performed the experiments: SS JHW JG MS. Analyzed the data: JHW SS MS JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the manuscript: JHW JG MS. Designed the orientation tool: SG JG. Generated data handling and visualization tools: JG. Designed morpholino injections experiments: MS PLB. Designed the study: JHW JG. Supervised the study: JHW JG UL. Gave general advice and edited the manuscript: BT.