About the Authors

Christina M. Ambrosi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Kathryn A. Yamada

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jeanne M. Nerbonne

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Igor R. Efimov

igor@wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IRE. Performed the experiments: CMA. Analyzed the data: CMA KAY JMN IRE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAY JMN IRE. Wrote the paper: CMA IRE.