9 Scientific apparatus and instruments, measuring, signally and checking instruments, namely optical instruments, namely microscopes, apparatus for measuring fluorescence, apparatus for measuring light scattering, condensation nucleation practice counter, confocal microscopes; laboratory equipment namely pipettes, automated pipeting and dispensing devices, liquid handling devices for the transfer and distribution of liquids, reagents and cells, sample supports namely microtiter plates, cell culture plates, dishes and flasks; chromatographic apparatus for the separation of substances in the development and preparation of biotechnological, pharmaceutical and diagnostic products; pre-recorded magnetic and optical data carriers featuring computer programs for use in database management, for use as a spreadsheet, for word processing, for use in data management in high-throughout screening and for use in the evaluation and processing of experimental data; computer programs for the evaluation of experimental data; all of the herein enumerated instruments and apparatus for use in research and industry in the fields of biotechnology, pharmacology, medicine, diagnostics, chemistry, information technology, functional genome research, molecular and cellular biological research, and proteomics