COLOR-ENCODING AND IN-SITU INTERROGATION OF MATRIX-COUPLED CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS

摘要

A method and apparatus for the physico-chemical encoding of a collection of beaded resin ("beads") to determine the chemical identity of bead-anchored compounds by in-situ interrogation of individual beads. The present invention provides method and apparatus to implement color-coding strategies in applications and including the ultrahigh-throughput screening of bead-based combinatorial compounds libraries as well as multiplexed diagnostic and environmental testing and other biochemical assays.