About the Authors

Alyssa Y. Stark

ays3@zips.uakron.edu

Current address: Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliation Integrated Bioscience Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Amanda M. Palecek

Affiliation Integrated Bioscience Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Clayton W. Argenbright

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Craig Bernard

Affiliation Integrated Bioscience Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Anthony B. Brennan

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Peter H. Niewiarowski

Affiliation Integrated Bioscience Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Ali Dhinojwala

Affiliation Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AYS AMP ABB PHN AD. Performed the experiments: AYS AMP CB. Analyzed the data: AYS PHN AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWA ABB. Wrote the paper: AYS AMP CWA ABB PHN AD.