About the Authors

Sarah Stahl-Rommel

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

Affiliation JES Tech, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David Li

Contributed equally to this work with: David Li, Michelle Sung, Rebecca Li, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Kutay Deniz Atabay, G. Guy Bushkin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Woodbury High School, Woodbury, Minnesota, United States of America

Michelle Sung

Contributed equally to this work with: David Li, Michelle Sung, Rebecca Li, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Kutay Deniz Atabay, G. Guy Bushkin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mounds View High School, Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States of America

Rebecca Li

Contributed equally to this work with: David Li, Michelle Sung, Rebecca Li, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Kutay Deniz Atabay, G. Guy Bushkin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mounds View High School, Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States of America

Aarthi Vijayakumar

Contributed equally to this work with: David Li, Michelle Sung, Rebecca Li, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Kutay Deniz Atabay, G. Guy Bushkin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mounds View High School, Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States of America

Kutay Deniz Atabay

Contributed equally to this work with: David Li, Michelle Sung, Rebecca Li, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Kutay Deniz Atabay, G. Guy Bushkin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

G. Guy Bushkin

Contributed equally to this work with: David Li, Michelle Sung, Rebecca Li, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Kutay Deniz Atabay, G. Guy Bushkin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christian L. Castro

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

Affiliation JES Tech, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kevin D. Foley

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Berkley, Michigan, United States of America

D. Scott Copeland

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Berkley, Michigan, United States of America

Sarah L. Castro-Wallace

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ezequiel Alvarez Saavedra

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MiniPCR Bio, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Emily J. Gleason

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

emily@minipcr.com (EJG); seb@minipcr.com (SK)

Affiliation MiniPCR Bio, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sebastian Kraves

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

emily@minipcr.com (EJG); seb@minipcr.com (SK)

Affiliation MiniPCR Bio, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

E.A.S., E.J.G., and S.K. are employed by miniPCR bio, manufacturer of the device used for transformation, DNA extraction, and DNA amplification. D.S.C and K.D.F. are employed by Boeing and S.S.R. and C.L.C. are employed by JES Tech. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.