Luminosa got many new features, including a new workflow for FRAP and a Python interface.
Software is ready for Download.
LumiPy: A Python interface enabling adaptive workflows, custom acquisition, and reporting, but also allowing researchers to bring open-source, Python-based projects as close as possible to the microscope.
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP): A context-based workflow for FRAP complementing the Luminosa toolbox for the study of biocondensates.
New functions for LumiFinder:
- Automatically use different excitation power for emitter identification and time-trace measurements to avoid unnecessary photobleaching.
- More stopping criteria for the time-trace measurement offer more flexibility in single-molecule FRET measurements of immobilized molecules.
Luminosa functionality is exported to Python classes:
- Move actuators (mirrors, filter wheels, etc.)
- Define ROIs and positions in a “global” coordinate system
- Set measurement parameters, start & stop measurements
- Access online results
Luminosa maintains functionalities not handled via Python:
- Laser interlock / laser safety
- Over-illumination protection
Use the Python environment of your choice:
- A small built-in Python 3.13 environment
- Any Python installation recognized by Windows as a Python environment
Work conveniently:
- With a small built-in editor
- With any Python editor of your choice
More about Luminosa – Single Photon Counting Confocal Microscope.