title: Single-cell transcriptomics enters the age of mass production.
abstract: Two publications in the current issue of Cell introduce novel methods for high-throughput single-cell transcriptomics by using droplet microfluidics and sophisticated barcoding schemes for transcriptional profiling of thousands of individual cells.
authors.affiliation: Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands; Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, 13092 Berlin-Buch, Germany. Electronic address: j.junker@hubrecht.eu.
authors.forename: Jan Philipp
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Junker
authors.affiliation: Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: a.vanoudenaarden@hubrecht.eu.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Oudenaarden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology*; D059010:Single-Cell Analysis / Q000379:methods*