About the Authors

Archana Bhat

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Simeon A. Boyadjiev

Affiliation Section of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Craig W. Senders

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America

J. Kent Leach

jkleach@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB JKL. Performed the experiments: AB. Analyzed the data: AB JKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB JKL SAB CWS. Wrote the paper: AB JKL. Revised the manuscript: AB SAB CWS JKL. Approved final version of manuscript: AB SAB CWS JKL.