FLIMfit software for FLIM data analysis
Our FLIMfit software is describe in . Please cite this paper if you use the FLIMfit software.
The FLIMfit software package is written in MATLAB and is available as a client for the and can also be used as a stand-alone MATLAB application. It is available at
FLIM of fluorescent proteins.
Our MATLAB software tool for correcting fluorescence lifetime values of fluorescent proteins determined without taking account of the static distribution of fluorophore dipoles () can be downloaded at
openFLIM-GOI software for wide-field time-gated FLIM
Our openFLIM-GOI software for instrument control and data acquisition using wide-field time-gated imaging is written in and is available at
openFLIM-HCA software for automated multiwell plate wide-field time-gated FLIM
Our openFLIM-HCA software for automated instrument control and data acquisition using wide-field time-gated FLIM of samples arrayed in a 96 well plate is written in and is available at
Analysis of openFLIM HCA data can be undertaken using
Optical projection tomography (OPT)
Our OPT software software for OPT data acquisition written in MicroManager can be downloaded here
OPT data can be reconstructed using , an open source Radon Transform plug-in written by Damien Farrell for . Instructions are available for download.
Our machine-learning based software for removing streak artefacts when reconstructing sparse OPT data sets () can be downloaded at
Single molecule localisation microscopy
We typically acquire easySTORM image data using the MicroManager Multidimensional Acquisition (MDA) plugin. We typically also run our openFocus plugin for MicroManager in focus-lock mode.
HPC processing of SMLM data: the scripts that we run on our HPC cluster for the work presented here can be accessed at:
openFocus - an open source autofocus hardware module
When using a microscope equipped with an implementation of the openFocus hardware, our MicroManager openFocus plugin can be run in parallel with the Multidimensional Acquisition (MDA) plugin. We typically it in focus-lock mode for, e.g., easySTORM. However, it can also provide long z-range operation in single-shot mode, which can be useful when moving between "distant" fields of view, e.g. across multiwell plates.
The openFocus plugin uses a socket to communicate with a Python script that controls the autofocus module and calculates the defocus (distance of target plane from current focal plane). This Python script runs separately from Micro-Manager.