About the Authors

Annalisa Nuccitelli

Current address: F-star Biotechnology Ltd, Babraham Research Campus, Babraham, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

C. Daniela Rinaudo

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Barbara Brogioni

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Roberta Cozzi

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Mario Ferrer-Navarro

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain

Daniel Yero

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain

John L. Telford

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Guido Grandi

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Xavier Daura

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona (UAB), Spain

Martin Zacharias

Affiliation Physics Department, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

Domenico Maione

domenico.maione@novartis.com

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. CDR, BB, RC, JLT, GG, and DM are employees of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics srl and JLT, GG, and DM hold shares of the company.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN CDR JLT GG XD MZ DM. Performed the experiments: AN CDR BB RC MFN DY. Analyzed the data: AN CDR BB RC MFN DY XD MZ DM. Wrote the paper: AN CDR XD MZ DM.