About the Authors

Gidon Ofek

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Christopher M. Revell

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jerry C. Hu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David D. Allison

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

K. Jane Grande-Allen

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou

athanasiou@rice.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GO CMR JCH KAA. Performed the experiments: GO CMR DDA. Analyzed the data: GO CMR DDA KJGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GO KJGA. Wrote the paper: GO KAA.