9 Sensitized biochips and bioreactive surfaces, chemical and biochemical sensors, biochips containing protein and receptor microarrays, and micro fluidic cell or biochip cartridges in proteoniic research; laboratory apparatus and instruments, comprising fluidic instruments and optical exciters and detectors, for the production and quality control of sensitized biochips and bioreactive surfaces containing chemical and biochemical sensors, protein and receptor microarrays; optical exciters and detectors for biochips; [photodiodes and photodiode arrays; ]Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) cameras, namely, cameras employing a light-sensitive silicon chip for the detection and collection of optical signals from biochips; imaging systems comprising cameras and computers and exposure controls for use with photodiode arrays; [photomultipliers, photographic cameras, video and] CCD cameras for the detection and collection of optical signals from biochips; computer software containing algorithms for identifying, filtering, quantifying and analyzing data from biochip images and controlling and automating the production, identification, assaying, imaging and analysis ofbiochips; computer software for study design, namely, design of experimental conditions, data analysis from biochip images; computer software for the generation of databases and libraries, and input of biochip data into databases and libraries; computer monitors, printers and keypads for the display of biochip images; computer hard drives, disk drives and CD ROM drives for the storage of analytical biochip data into databases and libraries for correlation with results from biological or pharmacological studies