About the Authors

Chen Luxenburg

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Dafna Geblinger

Affiliation Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Eugenia Klein

Affiliation Chemical Research Support Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Karen Anderson

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Cell Adhesion Programs, The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Dorit Hanein

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Cell Adhesion Programs, The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Benny Geiger

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Lia Addadi

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lia.addadi@weizmann.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG DH LA CL DG. Performed the experiments: CL DG. Analyzed the data: BG LA CL DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH EK KA. Wrote the paper: BG LA CL. Other: Group leader under whose supervision the work was designed and performed: BG. Group leader under whose supervision the work was designed and performed: DH. Group leader under whose supervision the work was designed and performed: LA. Senior PhD student who designed and performed the research from its inception: CL. MSc student who designed and performed the experiments on bone: DG. Helped with her know-how on HR-SEM: EK. Developed VMPs methods and helped with osteoclast VMPs: KA.