About the Authors

Nicole J Van Bergen

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Jonathan G. Crowston

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Jamie E. Craig

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Kathryn P. Burdon

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Lisa S. Kearns

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Shiwani Sharma

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Alex W. Hewitt

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

David A. Mackey

Affiliations Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Australia

Ian A. Trounce

i.trounce@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVB JGC JEC KPB SS AWH IAT. Performed the experiments: NVB JGC IAT. Analyzed the data: NVB JGC IAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NVB JGC IAT. Wrote the paper: NVB JGC JEC LSK KPB SS AWH DAM IAT.