About the Authors

Henrike Siemen

Contributed equally to this work with: Henrike Siemen, Damien Colas

Affiliations Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Damien Colas

Contributed equally to this work with: Henrike Siemen, Damien Colas

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

H. Craig Heller

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Oliver Brüstle

Affiliation Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Renee A. Reijo Pera

reneer@stanford.edu

Affiliation Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS DC HCH OB RARP. Performed the experiments: HS DC. Analyzed the data: HS DC RARP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCH OB RARP. Wrote the paper: HS DC HCH OB RARP.