About the Authors

Meghan K. Murphy

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Daniel J. Huey

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Andrew J. Reimer

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jerry C. Hu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou

athanasiou@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKM DJH AJR JCH KAA. Performed the experiments: MKM AJR. Analyzed the data: MKM JCH KAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCH KAA. Wrote the paper: MKM DJH AJR JCH KAA.