Figure 2. An integrated microfluidic system.
(A) A microfluidic chemostat device containing high-density on-chip valves used to study microbial growth. (Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: [Nature] (Whitesides, 442: 368–373) copyright 2006)[5]. (B) Schematic of Caliper LabChip device in which microchannels connect with individual circular microwells to screen drug candidates (Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: [Nature] (Smith et al., 446: 219–222) copyright 2007)[6].
