About the Authors

Kheng Newick

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Brian Cunniff

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Kelsey Preston

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Paul Held

Affiliation BioTek Instruments, Winooski, Vermont, United States of America

Jack Arbiser

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Harvey Pass

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Brooke Mossman

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Arti Shukla

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Nicholas Heintz

nicholas.heintz@uvm.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

Paul Held is a former postdoctoral fellow of Nicholas Heintz who is employed by BioTek Instruments. He provided expertise on measuring cellular oxidant levels; no other author has any affiliation with BioTek Instruments, and none have products in development, patent applications, or consulting arrangements with BioTek. In the past students from the Heintz laboratory have participated with Dr. Held in the development of commercial assays for BioTek plate readers from other companies that are posted as application notes on BioTek Instruments’ website. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KN BC PH NH. Performed the experiments: KN BC KP PH. Analyzed the data: KN BC PH NH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA HP BM AS. Wrote the paper: KN BC NH.