About the Authors

James S. McTaggart

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Ned Jenkinson

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Neurological Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

John-Stuart Brittain

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Personalized Healthcare, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Neurological Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Siri A. W. Greeley

Affiliation Kovler Diabetes Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Andrew T. Hattersley

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Frances M. Ashcroft

frances.ashcroft@dpag.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSM NJ FMA. Performed the experiments: JSM. Analyzed the data: JSM NJ JSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSM NJ SAWG ATH. Wrote the paper: JSM NJ JSB SAWG ATH FMA.