An integrated centrifugo-opto-microfluidic platform for arraying, analysis, identification and manipulation of individual cells.

Burger, R; Kurzbuch, D; Gorkin, R; Kijanka, G; Glynn, M; McDonagh, C; Ducrée, J · Lab Chip · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

In this work we present a centrifugal microfluidic system enabling highly efficient collective trapping and alignment of particles such as microbeads and cells, their multi-colour fluorescent detection and subsequent manipulation by optical tweezers. We demonstrate array-based capture and imaging followed by "cherry-picking" of individual particles, first for fluorescently labelled polystyrene (PS) beads and then for cells. Different cell lines are discriminated based on intracellular as well as surface-based markers.

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