About the Authors

Michael Fanous

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Megan P. Caputo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Young Jae Lee

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Laurie A. Rund

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Laboratory of Integrative Immunology & Behavior, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Catherine Best-Popescu

Roles Resources

Affiliation Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Mikhail E. Kandel

Roles Software

Affiliations Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Rodney W. Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Laboratory of Integrative Immunology & Behavior, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Tapas Das

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Abbott Nutrition, Discovery Research, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Matthew J. Kuchan

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Abbott Nutrition, Strategic Research, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Gabriel Popescu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

gpopescu@illinois.edu

Affiliations Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have financial interest in Phi Optics, Inc., a company developing quantitative phase imaging technology for materials and life sciences applications. Tapas Das and Matthew Kuchan are affiliated with Abbott Nutrition, who provided support in the form of salaries and materials for authors C.B-P. and G.P. but did not have any role in data collection or analysis. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.