About the Authors

Sam Mavandadi

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stoyan Dimitrov

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Steve Feng

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Frank Yu

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Uzair Sikora

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Oguzhan Yaglidere

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Swati Padmanabhan

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Karin Nielsen

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Aydogan Ozcan

ozcan@ucla.edu

Affiliations Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Bioengineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: SM AO. Designed and developed the theoretical framework and algorithms; contributed to the overall design of the games and related infrastructure; conducted the analysis and interpretation of the data and results: SM. Contributed to the development and implementation of the games and related infrastructure: SD SF FY. Contributed to the acquisition and compilation of microscopic images: US OY SP. Contributed to the medical implementation of the presented platform: KN. Conceived the idea, supervised the project, and contributed to the overall design of the games, related infrastructure and theory as well as to the analysis and interpretation of the data and the results: AO.