Dr. Annica Gad, Institutionen för mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi, Karolinska Institute

Force displacement fields of a human cell with induced actin ruffles around the cell periphery. The thin white lines indicate cell borders and the white arrows the directions and magnitude of the traction forces exterted by the cell. The red (blue) areas indicate high (low) traction forces. Scale bar; 10 µm.