About the Authors

Aleena M. Notary

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

Matthew J. Westacott

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

Thomas H. Hraha

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

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 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

Conceptualization: AMN RKPB. Data curation: AMN MJW MP. Formal analysis: AMN. Funding acquisition: RKPB. Investigation: AMN THH MP. Methodology: AMN MJW RKPB. Project administration: RKPB. Resources: MJW. Software: AMN MJW. Supervision: RKPB. Validation: AMN. Visualization: AMN. Writing – original draft: AMN RKPB. Writing – review & editing: AMN MJW RKPB.