About the Authors

Merav Catalogna

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Eyal Cohen

Affiliation HEMDA, Center of Science Education, Tel-Aviv, Isreal

Sigal Fishman

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel

Zamir Halpern

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel

Uri Nevo

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Eshel Ben-Jacob

eshel@tamar.tau.ac.il

Affiliation School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

Eshel Ben-Jacob is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC SF ZH EBJ. Performed the experiments: MC SF. Analyzed the data: MC EC UN EBJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC EC SF ZH UN EBJ. Wrote the paper: MC EC UN EBJ.