About the Authors

Qianni Hu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Caroline Ruth Wood

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sanem Cimen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ananda Baskaran Venkatachalam

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ian Patrick Joseph Alwayn

ian.alwayn@cdha.nshealth.ca

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IA QH. Performed the experiments: QH. Analyzed the data: QH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AV SC CW. Wrote the paper: IA QH.