About the Authors

John Hageter

Contributed equally to this work with: John Hageter, John Efromson

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

Affiliation West Virginia University, Department of Biology, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

John Efromson

Contributed equally to this work with: John Hageter, John Efromson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Ramona Optics Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America,

Brooke Alban

Roles Investigation

Affiliation West Virginia University, Department of Biology, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Audrey DelGaudio

Roles Investigation

Affiliation West Virginia University, Department of Biology, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Veton Saliu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Ramona Optics Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America,

Monica Wassef

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Ramona Optics Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America,

Mark Harfouche

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Ramona Optics Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America,

Eric J. Horstick

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

eric.horstick@mail.wvu.edu

Affiliations West Virginia University, Department of Biology, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare the following financial and personal relationships that may be considered as potential competing interests: J.E., V.S., M.W, and M.H. have a financial interest in Ramona Optics, Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.