About the Authors

Malcolm A. MacIver

maciver@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Neelesh A. Patankar

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Anup A. Shirgaonkar

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM. Performed the experiments: MAM AAS. Analyzed the data: MAM NAP AAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAP AAS. Wrote the paper: MAM.