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Highly parallel single-cell force cytometry

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Single-cell traction-force measurements performed on fluorescently labelled elastomeric surfaces can probe the physiological and pathological behaviour of thousands of cells in a single experiment.

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Fig. 1: Fluorescently labelled elastomeric contractible surface for single-cell force cytometry.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Agnes M. Resto-Irizarry & Jianping Fu

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Jianping Fu

  3. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Jianping Fu

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