About the Authors

Maria Håkanson

Affiliation BioInterface Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Stefan Kobel

Affiliation Laboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Matthias P. Lutolf

Affiliation Laboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Marcus Textor

Affiliation BioInterface Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Edna Cukierman

edna.cukierman@fccc.edu (EC); mirren.charnley@mat.ethz.ch (MC)

Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA

Mirren Charnley

edna.cukierman@fccc.edu (EC); mirren.charnley@mat.ethz.ch (MC)

Affiliation BioInterface Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH MT EC MC. Performed the experiments: MH. Analyzed the data: MH MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK MPL MT. Wrote the paper: MH MT EC MC.