About the Authors

Wooseong Kim

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Farah K. Tengra

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Zachary Young

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Jasmine Shong

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Nicholas Marchand

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Hon Kit Chan

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Ravindra C. Pangule

Current address: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Macarena Parra

Affiliation Lockheed Martin, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Jonathan S. Dordick

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Joel L. Plawsky

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Cynthia H. Collins

ccollins@rpi.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WK FKT JSD JLP CHC. Performed the experiments: WK FKT ZY JS NM RP MP JLP CHC. Analyzed the data: WK FKT ZY HKC CHC. Wrote the paper: WK FKT JSD JLP CHC.