About the Authors

Eddy J. Bautista

Contributed equally to this work with: Eddy J. Bautista, Joseph Zinski

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Joseph Zinski

Contributed equally to this work with: Eddy J. Bautista, Joseph Zinski

Current address: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Steven M. Szczepanek

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Erik L. Johnson

Current address: McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Edan R. Tulman

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Wei-Mei Ching

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Infectious Diseases Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Springs, Maryland, United States of America

Steven J. Geary

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Ranjan Srivastava

srivasta@engr.uconn.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Program in Head & Neck Cancer and Oral Oncology, Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJB JZ ERT WMC SJG RS. Performed the experiments: EJB JZ SMS ELJ. Analyzed the data: EJB JZ ERT SJG RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WMC SJG RS. Wrote the paper: EJB JZ ELJ ERT SJG RS.