About the Authors

Meghana Tare

Contributed equally to this work with: Meghana Tare, Rohan M. Modi, Jaison J. Nainaparampil

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Rohan M. Modi

Contributed equally to this work with: Meghana Tare, Rohan M. Modi, Jaison J. Nainaparampil

Affiliation Premedical Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Jaison J. Nainaparampil

Contributed equally to this work with: Meghana Tare, Rohan M. Modi, Jaison J. Nainaparampil

Affiliation Premedical Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Oorvashi Roy Puli

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Shimpi Bedi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Pedro Fernandez-Funez

Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Madhuri Kango-Singh

amit.singh@notes.udayton.edu; (AS)kangosmz@notes.udayton.edu (MK-S)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America, Premedical Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Amit Singh

amit.singh@notes.udayton.edu; (AS)kangosmz@notes.udayton.edu (MK-S)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America, Premedical Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND), University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS MK-S. Performed the experiments: MT RM JN ORP SB. Analyzed the data: AS MK-S PF-F. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF-F MT MK-S AS. Wrote the paper: AS MK-S PF-F .