About the Authors

Sophia S. Liu

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Adam J. Hockenberry

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Program in Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Andrea Lancichinetti

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Michael C. Jewett

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Program in Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Luís A. N. Amaral

amaral@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SSL AJH AL MCJ LANA. Data curation: SSL AJH. Formal analysis: SSL AJH LANA. Funding acquisition: SSL AJH MCJ LANA. Investigation: SSL AJH MCJ LANA. Methodology: SSL AL LANA. Project administration: MCJ LANA. Resources: MCJ LANA. Software: SSL. Supervision: MCJ LANA. Validation: SSL AJH MCJ LANA. Visualization: SSL AJH MCJ LANA. Writing – original draft: SSL AJH. Writing – review & editing: SSL AJH AL MCJ LANA.