The FOM2012 conference wishes to gratefully acknowledge sponsorship from the following organisations: Main sponsors Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH National University of Singapore (NUS) Sponsors Leica Microsystems GmbH Supporting/sponsoring organisations Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Centre of Bioimaging Sciences (CBIS) Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) European Microscopy Society University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Exhibitors Abberior Acexon Technologies Agilent Technologies Andor Technology Baden-Württemberg International Photonics Baden-Württemberg Bitplane AG Chroma Technology Corp Cobolt AB Fianium Ltd Hamamatsu Photonics Huygens - Scientific Volume Imaging ibidi GmbH Imagine Optic JPK Instruments Lambert Instruments Laser-21 Lastek / LaVision Biotec Mad City Labs, Inc. Newport Corporation Nikon NKT photonics Okolab Olympus Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte Oxford University Press Oxxius PerkinElmer PHOTONIS USA, Inc. PI (Physik Instrumente) Singapore PicoQuant EINST Technologies Precision Technologies Time-Bandwidth Products TOPTICA Photonics Princeton Instruments Prior Scientific Semrock, Inc. Thorlabs, Inc. Till Photonics GmbH Tokai Hit Co., Ltd. WITec GmbH Media partner G.I.T. Imaging & Microscopy