News and Press Releases

April 16, 2025

New Application Note: Metabolic Imaging with Label-Free FLIM

Empowering bioimaging core facilities with our Single Photon Counting Microscope Luminosa

Discover how our Single Photon Counting Microscope Luminosa is transforming bioimaging core facilities with its fully integrated, label-free FLIM capabilities. In collaboration with Prof. Marco Fritzsche and his team at the Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence, we demonstrate how Luminosa streamlines autofluorescence-based metabolic imaging of tissue samples. By combining imaging, control, and lifetime analysis in one platform, Luminosa eliminates the need for complex workflows and custom pipelines. Our latest Application Note highlights how this solution enables fast onboarding, reliable data, and reproducible results — from acquisition to analysis. Label-free FLIM has never been this practical or powerful.

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April 2, 2025

An interview with pioneering single molecule researcher Philip Tinnefeld

From student award winner to leading scientist

"The PicoQuant student award is an outstanding opportunity in this regard in front of a friendly and enthusiastic community."

— Philip Tinnefeld, Professor, LMU München

Philip Tinnefeld is one of the leading researchers in the field of single-molecule research and has a long-standing connection with PicoQuant's Single Molecule Workshop. As a Student Award Winner from 2001, Philip Tinnefeld's journey has been shaped by the invaluable experiences and connections made at the workshop, which he still cherishes today. Now, 24 years later, he will join again as an invited speaker, continuing his strong connection with the community.

March 13, 2025

Where Are They Now? A Look at Past Winners of PicoQuant’s Student Award

Celebrating 30 Years of the Single Molecule Workshop: Catching up with past award recipients and their inspiring career journeys

"It is not just another conference – it is a place where early-career scientists are truly heard, and where connections last beyond the event." - Susana Rocha, Associate Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium

The Student Award at PicoQuant's Single Molecule Workshop has been an important step in the careers of many young researchers. But what happened next? In a series "Where Are They Now?", we highlight former award winners, from those shaping the future of science to those making an impact in industry and beyond.

March 11, 2025

NovaISM: Advancing FLIM with Super-Resolved Spatial Details and Enhanced Contrast

New Image Scanning Microscopy analysis software for the Luminosa confocal microscope

PicoQuant introduces NovaISM, a cutting-edge software for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) and Image Scanning Microscopy (ISM) that delivers super-resolved spatial details and improved contrast. Designed for seamless integration with the Luminosa microscope, NovaISM is optimized for the PDA-23 SPAD array, enhancing FLIM imaging with unparalleled precision. Key features include pixel reassignment, which refines spatial resolution, and deconvolution, which restores fine details and reduces noise. These improvements ensure sharper optical sectioning and better signal quality, allowing researchers to extract more information from every photon. With NovaISM, FLIM users can achieve a new level of clarity in cellular biophysics, protein interactions, and metabolic imaging.

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March 10, 2025

PicoQuant’s 30th Single Molecule Workshop: Advancing Research for Three Decades

A Special Anniversary Edition with Nobel Laureates Stefan Hell and W. E. Moerner as Keynote Speakers

PicoQuant proudly announces the 30th anniversary of its Single Molecule Workshop, taking place in Berlin from September 23 to 26, 2025. Over the past three decades, this workshop has established itself as a leading platform for researchers in single molecule spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy, bringing together experts from physics, chemistry, biology, and life sciences.