About the Authors

Stephanie Puukila

Affiliation Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Sean Bryan

Affiliation Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Anna Laakso

Affiliation Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Jessica Abdel-Malak

Affiliation Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Carli Gurney

Affiliation Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Adrian Agostino

Affiliation Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Adriane Belló-Klein

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Kailash Prasad

Affiliation Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Neelam Khaper

nkhaper@nosm.ca

Affiliation Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK SB SP. Performed the experiments: SP SB JAM AA CG AL. Analyzed the data: SP NK SB ABK KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK KP. Wrote the paper: SP SB NK ABK. Edited and revised manuscript: SP SB NK AL JAM CG AA ABK KP.