About the Authors

Shyam B. Khatau

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences – Oncology Center and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sravanti Kusuma

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences – Oncology Center and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Donny Hanjaya-Putra

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences – Oncology Center and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Prashant Mali

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Linzhao Cheng

Affiliation Institute for Cell Engineering and Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jerry S. H. Lee

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sharon Gerecht

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences – Oncology Center and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Denis Wirtz

wirtz@jhu.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences – Oncology Center and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SBK DW. Performed the experiments: SBK DW DHP SK. Analyzed the data: SBK DW DHP SK SG PM JSHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM LC SBK DW DHP SK SG PM. Wrote the paper: SBK SG DW.