About the Authors

Margaret Rohrbaugh

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alyssia Clore

Affiliation South Atlanta High School of Health and Medical Science, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Julia Davis

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sharonta Johnson

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Brian Jones

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Keith Jones

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joanne Kim

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bramwel Kithuka

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Krystal Lunsford

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joy Mitchell

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Brian Mott

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Edward Ramos

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maza R. Tchedou

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gilbert Acosta

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mark Araujo

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Stuart Cushing

Affiliation Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gabriel Duffy

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Felicia Graves

Affiliation Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kyler Griffin

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

B. V. Gurudatta

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Deaundra Jackson

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Denis Jaimes

Affiliation Cross Keys High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kendall Jamison

Affiliation Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Khali Jones

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dhaujee Kelley

Affiliation Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marquita Kilgore

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Derica Laramore

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Thuy Le

Affiliation Cross Keys High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bakhtawar Mazhar

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Muhammad M. Mazhar

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Britney McCrary

Affiliation Frederick Douglass High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Teanndras Miller

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Celethia Moreland

Affiliation South Atlanta High School of Health and Medical Science, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alex Mullins

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elyas Munye

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sheila Okoorie

Affiliation Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Elisha Pittman

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nikkita Roberts

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

De’Warren Rose

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alex Rowland

Affiliation Carver School of Health Science and Research, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anwar Shagarabi

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jamela Smith

Affiliation South Atlanta High School of Health and Medical Science, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tayler Stallworth

Affiliation South Atlanta High School of Health and Medical Science, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nicole Stroud

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth Sung

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kai Sung

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Naomi Takenaka

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eduardo Torre

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jarvis Veira

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kim Vu

Affiliation South Atlanta High School of Health and Medical Science, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William Wagstaff

Affiliation North Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ashley M. Wood

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Karen Wu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jingping Yang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Victor G. Corces

vcorces@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR VGC. Performed the experiments: MR AC JD SJ BJ Ke. Jones JK BK KL JM BM ER MRT GA MA SC GD FG KG BVG D. Jackson D. James K. Jamison Kh. Jones DK MK DL TL B. Mazhar MMM B. McCrary TM CM AM EM SO EP NR DR AR AS JS TS NS ES KS NT ET JV KV WW AMW KW JY. Analyzed the data: MR AC JD SJ BJ Ke. Jones JK BK KL JM BM ER MRT GA MA SC GD FG KG BVG D. Jackson D. James K. Jamison Kh. Jones DK MK DL TL B. Mazhar MMM B. McCrary TM CM AM EM SO EP NR DR AR AS JS TS NS ES KS NT ET JV KV WW AMW KW JY. Wrote the paper: MR VGC.