About the Authors

Fedor Shmarov

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Graham R. Smith

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bioinformatics Support Unit, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Sophie C. Weatherhead

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Nick J. Reynolds

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nick.reynolds@newcastle.ac.uk (NJR); paolo.zuliani@newcastle.ac.uk (PZ)

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Paolo Zuliani

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nick.reynolds@newcastle.ac.uk (NJR); paolo.zuliani@newcastle.ac.uk (PZ)

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: N.J.R. reports grants from PSORT industrial partners as listed (http://www.psort.org.uk); other research grants from Novartis; and other income to Newcastle University from Abbvie, Almirall, Boehringer Ingelheim Janssen Cilag, Lilly, Leo Pharma, Novartis and UCB Pharma Ltd for lectures/attendance at advisory boards. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.