About the Authors

Thomas H. Hraha

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas H. Hraha, Matthew J. Westacott

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Matthew J. Westacott

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas H. Hraha, Matthew J. Westacott

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Marina Pozzoli

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Aleena M. Notary

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

P. Mason McClatchey

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Richard K. P. Benninger

richard.benninger@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THH RKPB. Performed the experiments: THH MJW MP AMN PMM. Analyzed the data: THH MJW MP AMN RKPB. Wrote the paper: THH MJW RKPB.