About the Authors

James C. Schaff

Affiliation Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Fei Gao

Affiliation Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Ye Li

Affiliation Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Igor L. Novak

Affiliation Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Boris M. Slepchenko

boris@uchc.edu

Affiliation Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JCS BMS. Formal analysis: ILN BMS. Investigation: BMS. Methodology: JCS ILN BMS. Software: FG YL JCS. Validation: YL ILN BMS. Writing – original draft: BMS. Writing – review & editing: BMS.