The present invention relates to a device for the specific selection of target molecules, comprising: (a) at least one
reaction zone comprising a
microarray, wherein the
microarray comprises a substrate, on which one or more species of capture molecules are immobilized, comprising one or more
temperature control and / or regulating units for controlling and / or regulating the temperature within the zone; (b) at least one non-
reaction zone comprising one or more
temperature control and / or regulating units for controlling and / or regulating the temperature within the zone, which is in fluid connection with the
reaction zone; and (c) at least one transportation means capable of generating and / or regulating a fluid flow between said reaction zone (a) and said non-reaction zone comprising one or more
temperature control and / or regulating units (b). The present invention further relates to a device for the specific selection of target molecules wherein the immobilized capture molecules are organized in the
microarray in the form of spots, elongated spots and / or lines. In a further aspect the present invention relates to a method of specifically selecting target molecules, comprising the introducing a medium to such a device, performing interaction reactions in a reaction zone, transporting not interacted or not bound target molecules to a zone allowing reactivation of the target molecules and performing additional interaction reactions with the reactivated target molecules at the reaction zone, as well as the use of such a device for specifically selecting target molecules, e.g. for
target enrichment also referred to as microarray based
genome selection (MGS) in the literature.