About the Authors

Leo Li-Ying Chan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lchan@nexcelom.com

Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC., Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America

William L. Rice

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC., Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jean Qiu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology R&D, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC., Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: LLC, WLR, and JQ declare competing financial interests. The research in this manuscript was performed to investigate the effects of trypan blue on dead or dying cells using image cytometry instruments from Nexcelom Bioscience, LLC. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.