AUTOMATED OR MANUALLY OPERATED APPARATUS, DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT FOR ANALYSIS AND/OR RESEARCH OF PROCESSES IN OR WITH BIOLOGICAL CELLS OR FOR THE ANALYSIS AND/OR RESEARCH OF CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOLOGICAL CELLS, NAMELY MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS FOR CONTACTING BIOLOGICAL CELLS, HOLDERS FOR CONTACTING AND HANDLING THE AFOREMENTIONED CHIPS, AND ASSAY MACHINES FOR SUPPLYING BIOLOGICAL CELLS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CHIPS AND FOR TAKING MEASUREMENTS OF BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CELLS