About the Authors

Tanmay A. Gokhale

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Medical Scientist Training Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jong M. Kim

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert D. Kirkton

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Nenad Bursac

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Craig S. Henriquez

ch@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TAG JMK RDK NB CSH. Performed the experiments: RDK. Analyzed the data: TAG NB CSH. Wrote the paper: TAG CSH. Performed the simulations: TAG JMK. Reviewed/edited the manuscript: RDK NB CSH.