About the Authors

Sonal Shruti

Current address: Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joanna Urban-Ciecko

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James A. Fitzpatrick

Current address: Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Molecular and Biosensor Imaging Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert Brenner

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Marcel P. Bruchez

barth@cmu.edu (ALB); bruchez@cmu.edu (MPB)

Affiliation Molecular and Biosensor Imaging Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alison L. Barth

barth@cmu.edu (ALB); bruchez@cmu.edu (MPB)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS JU-C MPB ALB. Performed the experiments: SS JU-C. Analyzed the data: SS JU-C JAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB MPB ALB. Wrote the paper: SS RB ALB.