About the Authors

P. Alexander Rolfe

Contributed equally to this work with: P. Alexander Rolfe, Douglas A. Bernstein

Current address: Pathogenica, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Affiliation Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Douglas A. Bernstein

Contributed equally to this work with: P. Alexander Rolfe, Douglas A. Bernstein

Affiliation The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paula Grisafi

Affiliation The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gerald R. Fink

gifford@mit.edu (DKG); gfink@wi.mit.edu (GRF)

Affiliation The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

David K. Gifford

gifford@mit.edu (DKG); gfink@wi.mit.edu (GRF)

Affiliation Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

MIT has filed a patent application on Ruler Arrays that is still under review by the patent office. We have reviewed the PLoS ONE policies on data sharing and the filing of this patent application will not alter our adherence to PLoS ONE sharing policies. As a matter of course, MIT files patent applications on certain of the results of government sponsored research. No employment, consultancy, or products are in development at this time based upon the technology. It is possible that at a future date the authors could financially benefit if the patent is issued and MIT finds a licensee.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAR DKG. Performed the experiments: DAB PG. Analyzed the data: PAR DAB GRF DKG. Wrote the paper: PAR DAB DKG.