About the Authors

Abigail Hielscher

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Georgia Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, Georgia, 30024, United States of America

Kim Ellis

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America

Connie Qiu

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America

Josh Porterfield

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America

Sharon Gerecht

gerecht@jhu.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH SG. Performed the experiments: AH KE CQ JP. Analyzed the data: AH SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH SG. Wrote the paper: AH SG.