About the Authors

David A. Ball

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Julie Marchand

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Magaly Poulet

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

William T. Baumann

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Katherine C. Chen

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

John J. Tyson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Jean Peccoud

peccoud@vt.edu

Affiliations Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Center for Systems Biology of Engineered Tissues, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP DB JT. Performed the experiments: DB JM MP. Analyzed the data: DB WB JT KC JP. Wrote the paper: DB KC WB JP JT.