About the Authors

Javad Golji

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Mohammad R. K. Mofrad

mofrad@berkeley.edu

Affiliations Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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