About the Authors

Michael VanInsberghe

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hans Zahn

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Adam K. White

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Oleh I. Petriv

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Carl L. Hansen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

carl.lars.hansen@gmail.com

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The technology described in this paper is the subject of a patent filing “Microfluidic Cell Trap and Assay Apparatus for High-Throughput Analysis” (PCT/CA2011/000612) on which the authors are inventors and have a financial interest through the University of British Columbia invention revenue sharing policies. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.