About the Authors
- Susanne Meyer
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Contributed equally to this work with: Susanne Meyer, John P. Maufort
Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
- John P. Maufort
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Contributed equally to this work with: Susanne Meyer, John P. Maufort
Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Jeff Nie
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Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Ron Stewart
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Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Brian E. McIntosh
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Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Lisa R. Conti
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Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
- Kareem M. Ahmad
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Affiliation Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
- H. Tom Soh
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Affiliations Department of Materials, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
- James A. Thomson
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* E-mail: jthomson@morgridgeinstitute.org
Affiliations Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Competing Interests
JAT is a founder, stockowner, consultant and board member of Cellular Dynamics International (CDI). He also serves as scientific advisor to and has financial interests in Tactics II Stem Cell Ventures. 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: SM JPM JAT. Performed the experiments: SM JPM BM. Analyzed the data: SM JMP JAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS JN KMA. Wrote the paper: SM LC HTS JAT.