About the Authors

Giorgia Salvagiotto

giorgia.salvagiotto@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sarah Burton

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Christine A. Daigh

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Deepika Rajesh

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Igor I. Slukvin

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nicholas J. Seay

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

GS, SB, CAD, and NS are employed by Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., and all authors have a financial interest in Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. Additionally, GS and CAD are listed as inventors on a patent application related to the works presented in this paper (patent application number 12/709,764, application filing date Feb 20, 2010). 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: GS. Performed the experiments: GS SB. Analyzed the data: GS SB CAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAD DR. Wrote the paper: GS. Supervised the research project: IIS NJS.