About the Authors

Eliedonna E. Cacao

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Azeem Nasrullah

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tim Sherlock

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven Kemper

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Katerina Kourentzi

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul Ruchhoeft

PRuchhoeft@uh.edu (PR); willson@uh.edu (RCW)

Affiliations Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gila E. Stein

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard C. Willson

PRuchhoeft@uh.edu (PR); willson@uh.edu (RCW)

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author R. Willson is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EEC PR RCW. Performed the experiments: EEC AN TS. Analyzed the data: EEC SK KK PR GES RCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EEC SK KK GES PR RCW. Wrote the paper: EEC PR RCW.