About the Authors

Ali Madani

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Kiavash Garakani

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Mohammad R. K. Mofrad

mofrad@berkeley.edu

Affiliations Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AM MM. Data curation: AM KG. Formal analysis: AM KG. Funding acquisition: MM. Investigation: AM KG MM. Methodology: AM KG MM. Project administration: AM MM. Resources: MM. Software: AM KG MM. Supervision: AM MM. Validation: AM KG MM. Visualization: AM KG MM. Writing – original draft: AM KG MM. Writing – review & editing: AM KG MM.