About the Authors

Pascal J. Lafontant

pascallafontant@depauw.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Ali R. Behzad

Affiliation Imaging and Characterization Core Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Evelyn Brown

Affiliation College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul Landry

Affiliation College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Norman Hu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Alan R. Burns

Affiliations College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJL A. Behzad EB PL NH A. Burns. Performed the experiments: PJL A. Behzad EB PL NH A. Burns. Analyzed the data: PJL PL A. Burns. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJL A. Behzad EB PL NH A. Burns. Wrote the paper: PJL. Designed and performed TEM experiments: PJL A. Burns EB NH. Designed and performed SBF-SEM experiments: PJL A. Behzad A. Burns EB. Performed segmentation and 3D reconstruction: PJL PL.