| CPC B01J 19/0046 (2013.01) [G01N 33/54306 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00587 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00626 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A method for transferring bio-molecular components of individual cells in a biological sample to a porous substate, the method comprising:
contacting or seeding the biological sample comprising a whole cell or a virus to a first side of the porous substrate having a plurality of interstices or pores extending contiguously from the first side to a second side, wherein the porous substrate underlies the whole cell or virus and is derivatized such that each of the interstices or pores covalently bind and/or couple the bio-molecular components of the whole cell or virus in the biological sample; and
transferring the bio-molecular components of the whole cell or virus in the biological sample to the interstices or pores of the porous substrate, wherein the bio-molecular components of the whole cell or virus covalently affix to the interstices or pores of the porous substrate,
wherein:
the porous substrate is a derivatized porous alumina, a derivatized porous glass, or a derivatized porous polymeric material;
the interstices or pores have a diameter of 500 nm or less; and
the porous substrate has a thickness from the first side to the second side of 50 μm to 100 μm.
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