9 laboratory equipment and apparatus and related consumable and disposable items, namely, horizontal gel electrophoresis apparatus, vertical gel electrophoresis apparatus, sequencing gel electrophoresis apparatus, external gel casting apparatus, electroporation apparatus; [ gel trays, combs, comb slots, drop-in dams, interlocking lids, gel casting dams, gel trays, gel casting clamps, gel dryers, chamber safes, and chamber racks;] cell culture apparatus and supplies, namely, blot transfer apparatus, blotting pads, blotting membranes, pulse generators for making cells temporarily permeable for biotechnical purposes, [ power supplies, power cords, centrifuge tubes, pipet tips, glass plates, wedge spacer sets, voltage boosters, extraction tubes, gradient formers, glass plate wash stands, peristaltic pumps, peristaltic pump heads, filtration manifolds, ] and cell separation/filtration apparatus