About the Authors

Tyler F. W. Sloan

Affiliations Molecular Biology of Neural Development, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Program in Neuroengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mohammad A. Qasaimeh

Affiliations Program in Neuroengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

David Juncker

Affiliations Program in Neuroengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Patricia T. Yam

Affiliation Molecular Biology of Neural Development, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Frédéric Charron

Frederic.Charron@ircm.qc.ca

Affiliations Molecular Biology of Neural Development, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Program in Neuroengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Biology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFWS PTY FC. Performed the experiments: TFWS. Analyzed the data: TFWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAQ DJ. Wrote the paper: TFWS PTY FC. Designed the microfluidic chamber used in this manuscript: TFWS MAQ DJ.