About the Authors

Ruhollah Moussavi-Baygi

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Yousef Jamali

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Reza Karimi

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Mohammad R. K. Mofrad

mofrad@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMB MRKM. Performed the experiments: RMB YJ. Analyzed the data: RMB YJ RK MRKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMB YJ RK MRKM. Wrote the paper: RMB YJ RK MRKM.