About the Authors

Alexis B. Webb

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexis B. Webb, Stephanie R. Taylor

Current address: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

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

Stephanie R. Taylor

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexis B. Webb, Stephanie R. Taylor

srtaylor@colby.edu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, United States of America

Kurt A. Thoroughman

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

Francis J. Doyle III

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Erik D. Herzog

Affiliation Department of Biology, Washington University, 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: ABW SRT KAT FJD EDH. Performed the experiments: ABW SRT EDH. Analyzed the data: ABW SRT EDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRT FJD EDH. Wrote the paper: ABW SRT EDH.