9 Laboratory apparatus and instruments, in particular laboratory apparatus and instruments for the processing and investigation of particles; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of particles, in particular of individual or single particles; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the handling and culture of cells, in particular of individual and single cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the processing and investigation of cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of cells, in particular of individual and single cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for generating and detecting fluorescent or luminescent signals associated with cells and other particles, for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of cells and other particles, in particular of individual or single cells and other particles; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of cells for genetic or biochemical analysis, in particular of individual and single cells; laboratory apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of eukaryotic cells, especially, animal, plant, insect, fungal or human cells, and of prokaryotic cells, especially bacterial cells, in particular of individual and single such cells; cell culture apparatus for laboratory use, namely, cell culture dishes, cell culture chambers, cell culture trays, cell culture plates, cell culture incubators, bioreactors and microbioreactors, microtitre plates, disposable plastic bioreactors and microbioreactors for cell culturing, and liquid mixers and liquid aerators for cell culturing; scientific research apparatus and instruments, in particular scientific research and laboratory apparatus for the processing and investigation of cells and other particles, in particular of individual and single cells and other particles; scientific research apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of cells and other particles, in particular of individual or single cells and other particles; scientific research apparatus and instruments for generating and detecting fluorescent or luminescent signals associated with such cells or other particles for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of cells and other particles, in particular of individual and single cells and other particles; scientific research apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of cells for genetic or biochemical analysis of cells, in particular of individual and single cells; scientific research apparatus and instruments for the imaging, identification, isolation, separation, dispensing and deposition of eukaryotic cells, especially, animal, plant, insect, fungal or human cells, and of prokaryotic cells and bacterial cells, in particular of individual and single cells; computer software, in particular recorded or downloadable computer software for obtaining, investigating, analyzing, processing, recording, transmitting and reproducing images of cells and other particles, in particular of individual or single cells and other particles; computer software, in particular computer software for operating and servicing laboratory and scientific research apparatus and instruments that process and investigate cells and other particles, that image, identify, isolate, separate, dispense and deposit cells and other particles, and that handle and culture cells, in particular individual and single cells and other particles; computer software for obtaining, investigating, analyzing, processing, recording, transmitting and reproducing images of cells and other particles, in particular of individual or single cells and other particles