Exhibitions and Conferences

MRS Fall 2025 | Booth #712

November 30 - December 5, 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The 2025 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit will take place November 30-December 5, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Hynes Convention Center and adjacent Sheraton Boston Hotel. The world's foremost international scientific gathering for materials research, the MRS meeting showcases leading interdisciplinary research in both fundamental and applied areas presented by scientists from around the world.

Meet PicoQuant at the 2025 MRS Fall Meeting – Booth #712!
PicoQuant is a leading provider of instrumentation for time-resolved fluorescence and single-photon counting — powerful tools for advancing research in materials science, nanotechnology, and quantum optics. Our systems help scientists investigate photophysical properties, characterize materials at the nanoscale, and gain deeper insight into energy transfer processes, exciton dynamics, and more.

We’re excited to be part of the 2025 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston! Visit us at Booth #712 to discover our latest solutions, including:

• FluoMic – compact upright widefield photoluminescence microscope
• FlexLambda – compact wavelength selection unit
• Prima – 3-color gain-switched picosecond laser
• PicoHarp 330 – precise and versatile time tagger & TCSPC unit
• FluoTime 300 – high-end photoluminescence spectrometer

Meet our experts on site:

• Christian Oelsner
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• Linnéa Olofsson
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They’ll be happy to answer questions, discuss applications, and demonstrate our instruments live.

Meet us at booth 712.

FCS Workshop

December 6 - 10, 2025 | Calcutta, India

The FCS series of workshops were conceived as a unique way to teach the most complex modern instrumentations in the area of Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy to the practising scientists and Ph.D. students in India. 

Meet us and our resellers at the exhibition.

SPIE Photonics West 2026

January 17 - 22, 2026 | San Francisco, CA, USA

The world’s largest photonics technologies event where scientists discuss research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, MOEMS-MEMS, displays, quantum technologies, including quantum 2.0, and other similar topics with a focused, engaged audience.

Our Product Highlights

• High-Resolution Multichannel Event Timer & TCSPC Unit HydraHarp 500
• Precise and Versatile Event Timer & TCSPC Unit PicoHarp 330
• Free Universal Data Acquisition Software UniHarp
• 3-Color Gain-Switched Picosecond Laser Prima
• Picosecond Lasers in UV, Green, Yellow, and Orange VisUV
• High-End Picosecond Diode Laser Driver Taiko PDL M1
• Smart OEM solution in visible lights CPDL-Q Series
• Compact Upright Widefield Photoluminescence Microscope FluoMic
• Add-on: Wavelength Selection Unit for Widefield Microscopes FlexLambda
• Hybrid Photomultiplier Detector Assembly PMA-Hybrid

Young Investigator Award

Since 2007 PicoQuant GmbH awards a "Young Investigator Award" at the conference on "Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging" during the Biomedical Optics Symposium BiOS (part of SPIE Photonics West). Young scientists are encouraged to participate in this best paper competition which offers a cash award worth 750 USD.

Our posters:

• Paper N° 13892-58 : Non-destructive Steady-State and Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Characterization of Photovoltaic Devices
• Paper N° 13904-47 : Exploring Carrier Dynamics: Spatial Imaging and TRPL for Advanced Semiconductor Analysis
• Paper N° 13891-29 : Mapping Carrier Dynamics: Combining Time-Resolved Photoluminescence and Spatial Imaging for Advanced Semiconductor Research

Our talks:

• Paper N° 13858-6 : SPAD arrays surpass limitations in conventional Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS): New prospects for mobility analysis ob biomolecules
• Paper N° 13857-3: The role of data processing for lifetime image scanning microscopy and beyond – an update
• Paper N° 13856-18: Expanding the capabilities of time-resolved microscopy through computational enhancements

 

PicoQuant has been shortlisted for the SPIE Catalyst Award 2026. Stay tuned!

Meet us at BiOS booth #8511 and Photonics West booth #3511.

Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2026

February 21 - 25, 2026 | Los Angeles, USA

The Biophysical Society annual meetings are the largest annual gathering of biophysicists around the world. The meetings include symposia, workshops, 15 subgroup programs, over 500 platform speakers selected from submitted abstracts, the Biophysical Society Lecture, more than 4,000 packed poster presentations, as well as educational exhibits, exhibitor presentations, and career development sessions.

 

PicoQuant Student Award:

PicoQuant confers the Young Fluorescence Investigator Award in the Biological Fluorescence Subgroup. This award is given to an outstanding Master's or PhD student who has recently made a significant contribution to our research community. The prize consists of a 750 USD honorarium and an invitation to present a 15-minute research talk at the Biological Fluorescence Subgroup Meeting during the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting.

Our product highlights:

• Single Photon Counting Confocal Microscope Luminosa
• Event Timer & TCSPC Unit PicoHarp 330
• 1-Color Gain-Switched Picosecond Laser Unico
• 3-Color Gain-Switched Picosecond Laser Prima
• Hybrid Photomultiplier Detector Assembly PMA Hybrid Series
• Compact FLIM and FCS Upgrade Kit for Laser Scanning Microscopes LSM Upgrade Kit

Our posters: 

A Python Interface for Feedback Adaptive Workflows on the Commercial Microscope Luminosa
Presentation date: 23.02.2026 - 1:45 pm
Location: Exibith Halls ABC - Nr. B407
Poster session: Sigle-Molecule Spectroscopy !!

SPAD Array Detection Eneables Calibration-Free FCS for the Mesurement of Absolute Diffusion Coefficents and Concentrations
Presentation date: 23.02.2026 - 1:45 pm
Location: Exibith Halls ABC - Nr. B402
Poster session: Sigle-Molecule Spectroscopy !!

Combining ISM and FLIM for High-Fiedelity Lifetime Imaging in Dense Environments
Presentation date: 24.02.2026 - 1:45 pm
Location: Exibith Halls ABC - Nr. B434
Poster session: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Bioinformatics II

Meet us at booth 514.