About the Authors

Jessica P. Mondia

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael Levin

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fiorenzo G. Omenetto

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ryan D. Orendorff

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mary Rose Branch

Current address: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dany Spencer Adams

Dany.Adams@Tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPM FGO ML DSA. Performed the experiments: JPM DSA. Analyzed the data: JPM DSA MRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML DSA FGO RDO. Wrote the paper: JM ML FGO DSA.