About the Authors

Ayshwarya Ravichandran

Affiliations Metabolites Biology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411

Malarmathy Ramachandran

Contributed equally to this work with: Malarmathy Ramachandran, Tanujaa Suriyanarayanan

Current address: Myeloma Research Group, Central Clinical School, Alfred Hospital/Monash University, Level 1 AMREP Building, Commercial Road, Melbourne- 3004, Australia

Affiliation Metabolites Biology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543

Tanujaa Suriyanarayanan

Contributed equally to this work with: Malarmathy Ramachandran, Tanujaa Suriyanarayanan

Current address: Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, 11 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119083

Affiliations Metabolites Biology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University 60 Nanyang Drive, SBS-01N-27 Singapore 637551

Chui Ching Wong

Current address: Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Level 7 Singapore 169865

Affiliations Metabolites Biology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411

Sanjay Swarup

sanjay@nus.edu.sg

Affiliations Metabolites Biology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University 60 Nanyang Drive, SBS-01N-27 Singapore 637551

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR SS. Performed the experiments: AR MR TS. Analyzed the data: AR MR TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCW. Wrote the paper: AR SS.