About the Authors

Sumreen Javed

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ Co-authorship

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Kevin Mitchell

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ Co-authorship

Affiliation Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Danielle Sidsworth

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Stephanie L. Sellers

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Heart Lung Innovation & Department of Radiology, University of British Columba & St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

Jennifer Reutens-Hernandez

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Hugues B. Massicotte

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Keith N. Egger

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Chow H. Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Geoffrey W. Payne

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

geoff.payne@unbc.ca

Affiliation Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.