About the Authors

Igor Sokolov

igor.sokolov@tufts.edu

Affiliation Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Natali V. Guz

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States of America

Swaminathan Iyer

Affiliation School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

Amy Hewitt

Affiliation Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Nina A. Sokolov

Affiliation Department of Biology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States of America

Joseph S. Erlichman

Affiliation Department of Biology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, United States of America

Craig D. Woodworth

Affiliation Department of Biology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Igor Sokolov is currently an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the author's adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IS JSE CDW. Performed the experiments: SI NG IS AH. Analyzed the data: IS NG NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSE CDW. Wrote the paper: IS CDW. Obtained permission to use mice: JSE. Obtained human subject exemption: CDW.