About the Authors

Joshua A. Weinstein

Affiliation Biophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Xun Zeng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Yueh-Hsiu Chien

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Stephen R. Quake

quake@stanford.edu

Affiliations Biophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Stephen Quake is a founder and consultant of Fluidigm Corporation. 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: JAW XZ YC SRQ. Performed the experiments: JAW XZ. Analyzed the data: JAW XZ YC SRQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAW XZ YC SRQ. Wrote the paper: JAW XZ YC SRQ.