About the Authors

Meghan K. Driscoll

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Colin McCann

Affiliations Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rael Kopace

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Tess Homan

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

John T. Fourkas

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Carole Parent

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wolfgang Losert

wlosert@umd.edu

Affiliations Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKD JTF CP WL. Performed the experiments: MKD CM RK. Analyzed the data: MKD TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKD CM RK TH. Wrote the paper: MKD JTF CP WL.