About the Authors

Ilya Kupershmidt

ilya@nextbio.com

Affiliations NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

Qiaojuan Jane Su

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Anoop Grewal

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Suman Sundaresh

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Inbal Halperin

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

James Flynn

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Mamatha Shekar

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Helen Wang

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Jenny Park

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Wenwu Cui

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Gregory D. Wall

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Robert Wisotzkey

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Satnam Alag

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Saeid Akhtari

Affiliation NextBio, Cupertino, California, United States of America

Mostafa Ronaghi

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.