About the Authors
- Justin D. Mih
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Affiliation Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Asma S. Sharif
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Affiliation Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Fei Liu
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Affiliation Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Aleksandar Marinkovic
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Affiliation Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Matthew M. Symer
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Affiliation Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Daniel J. Tschumperlin
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* E-mail: dtschump@hsph.harvard.edu
Affiliation Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: JDM, FL and DJT are listed as inventors on International Application No. PCT/US2008/010202 entitled “Compliant Surface Multi-Well Culture Plate,” the rights of which are owned by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. This patent application includes a specific method, which is described in this manuscript, to fabricate polyacrylamide hydrogels within glass-bottom multiwell plates. No products pertaining to this patent application have been, or are currently being, developed for commercial purposes. None of the authors are engaged in any employment or consultancy related to this patent application. This competing interest does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JDM DJT. Performed the experiments: JDM ASS FL AM MMS. Analyzed the data: JDM ASS FL AM MMS DJT. Wrote the paper: JDM DJT.