Patent ID: 7947486

Claim:
A method for analyzing nucleic acid obtained from a cell sample on a platform, comprising the steps of: providing a platform comprising a cell selector, a nucleic acid selector, and an array of microlocations, wherein at least one microlocation has an associated capture sequence; contacting the cell selector with a sample containing cells, wherein at least a portion of the cells remain associated with the cell selector; lysing the at least a portion of cells associated with the cell selector to release a nucleic acid sample; contacting the nucleic acid selector with the nucleic acid sample, wherein at least a portion of the nucleic acid sample remains associated with the nucleic acid selector; releasing the associated nucleic acid sample from the nucleic acid selector; contacting the array of microlocations with the released nucleic acid sample, wherein at least a portion of the released nucleic acid sample hybridizes with the capture sequence.