Product News

February 27, 2023

PicoQuant’s new confocal microscope, Luminosa, makes FLIM easy

Featured in Microscopy Today

Our new confocal microscope, Luminosa, is featured in the latest issue of Microscopy Today. In the article, our applications specialist Dr. Maria Loidolt-Krüger describes how Luminosa simplifies fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM). With its unique combination of state-of-the-art hardware and cutting-edge software, the microscope makes time-resolved fluorescence microscopy accessible to researchers of all levels while delivering high-quality data.

Read the full article at https://academic.oup.com/mt/article/31/1/24/7043305.

January 16, 2023

Luminosa brings smFRET to a new level

An article in PhotonicsViews

Read in the new issue of PhotonicsViews, how our new Single Photon Counting Confocal Microscope Luminosa brings single molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET) to a new level. Quantitative single molecule and time-resolved fluorescence techniques offer new insights into many samples in life and materials sciences. So far, their adoption has been slow because expert knowledge was required for correct data acquisition and analysis. Now, we have developed Luminosa, a confocal miroscope that combines state-of-the-art hardware with cutting-edge software to deliver high-quality data while simplifying daily operation. The article shows how Luminosa streamlines smFRET experiments.

Read the article in the Wiley Online Library: https://doi.org/10.1002/phvs.202300002

January 13, 2023

Our highlights at Photonics West 2023

Drop by at our booths 8825 and 3325

Ten of our experts are looking forward to meeting you and the whole photonics community in person January 28 - February 2, 2023 at the SPIE Photonics West 2023 in San Francisco. This year, we are bringing exciting innovations in all three product lines with us:

First and foremost, Luminosa, our brand new single photon counting confocal microscope. Next, Prima, a compact three-color picosecond laser module. Finally, novel features for the MultiHarp 150 and MultiHarp 160, our high-throughput event timers with up to 64 channels.

So come by our booths to see these and other new products live and to catch up with our specialists.

BiOS exhibition: booth 8325
Photonics West exhibition: booth 3325

You may also contact us in advance to make an appoinment with one of our colleagues: info@picoquant.com

November 1, 2022

Online presentation of our new Single Photon Counting Confocal Microscope Luminosa

The recording of the presentation is now available

Our latest time-resolved confocal microscopy system Luminosa pairs highest data quality with remarkably simple day-to-day operation. In a product presentation on October 6, 2022, Product Manager Dr. Evangelos Sisamakis and Application Specialist Dr. Mathias Bayer demonstrated how Luminosa easily integrates into any researcher's toolbox to become a time-efficient and reliable companion for scientists starting to explore the use of time-resolved fluorescence methodologies as well as for experts wanting to push the limits further.

The recording of this 1-hour-presentation is now available: Request recording

September 6, 2022

Fluorescence microscopy on a new level

A new system makes quantitative time-resolved fluorescence microscopy accessible to a broader range of scientists

“Today, I need the help of my physics post-doc, when I want to exploit the capabilities of my single photon fluorescence microscope” says a prominent group leader in Biochemistry. “Your new system with this judicious technology would release him to do his actual work.” That statement was given when developers from PicoQuant in Germany asked the professor for his feedback on their latest prototype of a new single photon counting fluorescence microscope. In the meantime, the prototype has become a full product named Luminosa.