About the Authors

Leah A. Marquez-Curtis

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

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Reid Bokenfohr

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Locksley E. McGann

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Janet A. W. Elliott

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

janet.elliott@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Competing Interests

The following patent application has been filed by the University of Alberta on the monolayer cryopreservation technology: N. Eskandari, JAW Elliott, LE McGann, JA Nychka, LA Marquez- Curtis, “Cryopreservation of cell monolayers”, International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/CA2019/051144. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All relevant data are within the manuscript and in the Supplementary Information. All materials used are from commercial sources.