About the Authors

Claire V. Harper

Current address: Michael Smith Building, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Centre for Cell Imaging, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Bärbel Finkenstädt

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Dan J. Woodcock

Affiliation Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Sönke Friedrichsen

Affiliation Endocrinology Group, School of Biomedicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Sabrina Semprini

Affiliation Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Louise Ashall

Current address: Michael Smith Building, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Centre for Cell Imaging, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

David G. Spiller

Current address: Michael Smith Building, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Centre for Cell Imaging, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

John J. Mullins

Affiliation Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

David A. Rand

d.a.rand@warwick.ac.uk (DAR); julian.davis@manchester.ac.uk (JRED); mike.white@manchester.ac.uk (MRHW)

Affiliation Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Julian R. E. Davis

d.a.rand@warwick.ac.uk (DAR); julian.davis@manchester.ac.uk (JRED); mike.white@manchester.ac.uk (MRHW)

Affiliation Endocrinology Group, School of Biomedicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Michael R. H. White

d.a.rand@warwick.ac.uk (DAR); julian.davis@manchester.ac.uk (JRED); mike.white@manchester.ac.uk (MRHW)

Current address: Michael Smith Building, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Centre for Cell Imaging, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: MRHW JRED CVH. Performed the experiments: CVH. Analyzed the data: CVH BF DJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF SS JJM DGS LA. Wrote the paper: MRHW CVH DAR JRED. Managed the Centre for Cell Imaging: DGS. Designed and developed the statistical algorithms: BF DJW. Prepared the supporting information: BF CVH DJW. Planned and led the mathematical analysis: DAR. Initiated and directed the project: MRHW JRED.