About the Authors

Heather C. Jensen-Smith

heathersmith@creighton.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Richard Hallworth

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Michael G. Nichols

Affiliation Department of Physics, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJS. Performed the experiments: HJS. Analyzed the data: HJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN RH. Wrote the paper: HJS. Provided valuable discussions and support while preparing this report: MN RH.