About the Authors

Juliana M. Chan

Affiliations Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore

Ioannis K. Zervantonakis

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tharathorn Rimchala

Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

William J. Polacheck

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jordan Whisler

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roger D. Kamm

rdkamm@mit.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: this research was funded in part by a L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellowship. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMC RDK. Performed the experiments: JMC IKZ TR WP JW. Analyzed the data: JMC IKZ TR WP JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMC JMC IKZ TR WP JW. Wrote the paper: JMC RDK.