The FOM2009 conference wishes to gratefully acknowledge sponsorship from the following organisations: Main sponsors Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH Jagiellonian University Krakow Supporting organisations University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Exhibitors Agilent Technologies Amplitude Systemes Rowiak GmbH Andor Technology APE Angewandte Physik und Elektronik High Q Laser Innovation Applied Precision Atomic Force F&E GmbH Bitplane AG Chroma Technology Corp Cobolt AB Comef Aparatura Naukowo-Badawcza Spectra-Physics, Newport Ecotone Eurotek International Femtolasers Produktions GmbH Fianium Ltd Hamamatsu Photonics ibidi GmbH JPK Instruments Kawaska Koheras Lambert Instruments LaVision BioTec Leica Microsystems GmbH Menlo Systems GmbH Nikon Instruments Europe BV Precoptic Okolab Olympus Onefive GmbH Advanced Laser Diode Systems GmbH PicoQuant GmbH Point Source Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd Siemens Healthcare Time-Bandwidth Products, Inc. Tokai Hit Co., Ltd. Toptica Photonics AG Visitron Systems GmbH Media partner G.I.T. Imaging & Microscopy