About the Authors

Subir Kapuria

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jason Karpac

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Benoit Biteau

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

DaeSung Hwangbo

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Heinrich Jasper

hjasper@buckinstitute.org

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK JK BB HJ. Performed the experiments: SK JK HJ. Analyzed the data: SK JK HJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB DH. Wrote the paper: SK JK HJ.