Figure 2.

Individual cell isolated on a chip with microfluidic hydrodynamic traps described in: (a) Di Carlo et al., 2006 [26]: (A) A photograph of the cell trapping device; (B) A diagram of the device and mechanism of trapping; (C) A high resolution micrograph of the trapping device; (b) Kobel et al., 2010 [60]: (A) Schematic illustration of the single cell trap; (B) A three-dimensional reconstruction image of the cell trap; (C) An array of the single cell traps; (D) An orthogonal view of a fluorescently labeled single cell. Reproduction of the figures has been made with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry.