FOM2026 continues a long-standing (since 1988), yearly conference series on the latest innovations and developments in (optical) microscopy and their application in biology, medicine, and the material sciences.

Topics

• Theory and practice of confocal and multiphoton-excitation microscopy
• Instrumentation and microscope design
• Super-resolution microscopy
• 3D and 4D live cell and tissue imaging
• Adaptive optics for microscopy
• Light sheet microscopy
• Phase/interference based microscopies
• OCT, holography, endoscopy
• Advanced fluorescence imaging/spectroscopy: FRET, FRAP, FLIM, FCS, SOFI
• New fluorescent probes, proteins, quantum dots, single molecule imaging
• Clearing and expansion techniques
• Coherent non-linear microscopies: SHG, THG, SFG, CARS
• Multi-dimensional fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy imaging
• Correlated microscopies e.g. light/electron
• Laser manipulation and tracking, photo-activation
• Fast acquisition, automated and high-content microscopy
• 3D image processing and visualization for multidimensional data