About the Authors

Sarah Wassmer

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Vision Research Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Margaret Beddaoui

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Vision Research Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Payman Rajai

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Vision Research Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Réjean Munger

Contributed equally to this work with: Réjean Munger, Catherine Tsilfidis

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Vision Research Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Catherine Tsilfidis

Contributed equally to this work with: Réjean Munger, Catherine Tsilfidis

ctsilfidis@ohri.ca

Affiliations Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Vision Research Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW MB CT RM. Performed the experiments: SW MB PR RM CT. Analyzed the data: SW MB PR RM CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM CT. Wrote the paper: SW MB RM CT. Involved in a critical review and revision of the final manuscript: SW MB RP RM CT.