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microPublication Biology

Sarah Bakayoko1*, Justin Chen1*, Yu-Chuan Chen2*, Valerie N. Jackson2*, Jacob Hillman2*, Daniela Jara1*, Leah Joby1*, Ramanpreet Kaur1*, Nikhita Lalwani2*, Kirsty Larsen1*, Loren Lewis3*, Martin Lin2*, Hameeda Rasheed1*, Faizan Tariq1*, Chennai Wallis1*, Bryan Gibb1§ORCID logo, James T. Melton III3§ORCID logo, and Nic M. Vega2§ORCID logo

1Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, United States

2Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

3Department of Biology, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United States

§Correspondence to: Bryan Gibb (bgibb@nyit.edu) James T. Melton III (jmelton@spelman.edu) Nic M. Vega (nic.vega@emory.edu)

* Authors have equal contribution

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Author Contributions

  • Sarah Bakayoko: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Justin Chen: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Yu-Chuan Chen: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Valerie N. Jackson: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Jacob Hillman: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Daniela Jara: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Leah Joby: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Ramanpreet Kaur: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Nikhita Lalwani: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Kirsty Larsen: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Loren Lewis: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Martin Lin: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Hameeda Rasheed: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Faizan Tariq: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Chennai Wallis: Investigation, Writing - original draft
  • Bryan Gibb: Supervision, Validation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing
  • James T. Melton III: Supervision, Validation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing
  • Nic M. Vega: Supervision, Validation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing

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History

  • Received: 12/31/2025
  • Revision Received: 6/1/2026
  • Accepted: 6/10/2026
  • Published Online: 7/21/2026

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© 2026 by the authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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