About the Authors
- Ilya Kupershmidt
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* E-mail: ilya@nextbio.com
Affiliations NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
- Qiaojuan Jane Su
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Anoop Grewal
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Suman Sundaresh
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Inbal Halperin
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- James Flynn
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Mamatha Shekar
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Helen Wang
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Jenny Park
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Wenwu Cui
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Gregory D. Wall
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Robert Wisotzkey
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Satnam Alag
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Saeid Akhtari
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Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America
- Mostafa Ronaghi
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Affiliations NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America, Illumina, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
All of the authors are employed by a commercial company, NextBio (with the exception of the last author, Mostafa Ronaghi, who is employed by Illumina). There are also a number of patents filed with respect to the technology and algorithms described in the article. NextBio also provides a commercial software platform in both free and paid versions. These competing interests do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IK. Performed the experiments: MS. Analyzed the data: IK QJS AG JF MS WC GDW MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IK QJS SS IH HW JP WC GDW RW SA SA MR. Wrote the paper: IK.