About the Authors

Deborah G. Nguyen

dnguyen@organovo.com

Affiliation Organovo Holdings Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America

Juergen Funk

Affiliation Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland

Justin B. Robbins

Affiliation Organovo Holdings Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America

Candace Crogan-Grundy

Affiliation Organovo Holdings Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America

Sharon C. Presnell

Affiliation Organovo Holdings Inc., San Diego, CA, United States of America

Thomas Singer

Affiliation Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland

Adrian B. Roth

Affiliation Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: ABR, JF, and TS are employees of Roche Pharmaceuticals; JBR, DGN, CCG and SCP are employees of Organovo Holdings Inc. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABR DGN SCP TS. Performed the experiments: JBR JF CCG. Analyzed the data: ABR JF JBR DGN CCG. Wrote the paper: DGN ABR SCP. Read and approved the manuscript: DGN JBR SCP JF TS ABR CCG.