About the Authors

Lisha Ma

lma@bournemouth.ac.uk

Current address: School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, United Kingdom

Affiliation Cell and Developmental Biology Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Adrian Bradu

Affiliation Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Adrian Gh. Podoleanu

Affiliation Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

James W. Bloor

Affiliation Cell and Developmental Biology Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM AB AGP. Performed the experiments: LM AB. Analysed and interpreted the data: LM. Drafted and edited the manuscript: LM. Contributed analysis tools: AB. Participated in the writing and editing of the manuscript: AB AGP JWB.