About the Authors

Angela M. Throm Quinlan

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leslie N. Sierad

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew K. Capulli

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Laura E. Firstenberg

Affiliation Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kristen L. Billiar

kbilliar@wpi.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL AT LS. Performed the experiments: AT LS AC LF. Analyzed the data: AT LS AC LF KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT AC LF LS. Wrote the paper: AT KB.