About the Authors

Samuel M. D. Seaver

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Graduate Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Marta Sales-Pardo

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Roger Guimerà

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Luís A. Nunes Amaral

amaral@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMDS MSP RG LANA. Performed the experiments: SMDS MSP. Analyzed the data: SMDS MSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMDS MSP RG. Wrote the paper: SMDS MSP RG LANA.