About the Authors

Zeynep Kurkcuoglu

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Center, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey

Ahmet Bakan

Affiliation Department of Computational and Systems Biology, and Clinical & Translational Science Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Duygu Kocaman

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Center, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey

Ivet Bahar

bahar@pitt.edu (IB); pemra@prc.boun.edu.tr (PD)

Affiliation Department of Computational and Systems Biology, and Clinical & Translational Science Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pemra Doruker

bahar@pitt.edu (IB); pemra@prc.boun.edu.tr (PD)

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Center, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB PD. Performed the experiments: ZK AB DK. Analyzed the data: ZK AB DK IB PD. Wrote the paper: ZK AB DK IB PD.