About the Authors

Hélder S. C. Barbosa

Contributed equally to this work with: Hélder S. C. Barbosa, Tiago G. Fernandes, Tiago P. Dias

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, and Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Tiago G. Fernandes

Contributed equally to this work with: Hélder S. C. Barbosa, Tiago G. Fernandes, Tiago P. Dias

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, and Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Tiago P. Dias

Contributed equally to this work with: Hélder S. C. Barbosa, Tiago G. Fernandes, Tiago P. Dias

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, and Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Maria Margarida Diogo

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, and Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Joaquim M. S. Cabral

joaquim.cabral@ist.utl.pt

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, and Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TGF MMD JMSC. Performed the experiments: HSCB TGF TPD. Analyzed the data: HSCB TGF TPD MMD. Wrote the paper: HSCB TGF MMD JMSC.