<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br></div>my name is Marko and I am a phd student on
the Institute Ruđer Bošković in Zagreb, Croatia. <br>I recently did some FLIM-FRET measurements where I tried
to find out FRET-ing population in a sample by fitting on the
double-exponential model N(t) = A1*exp(−t/t FRET) + A2*exp(−t/t 0).
Ideally, I would measure donor lifetime (t0) from donor only sample
(mono-exponential decay), and then use this as a fixed parameter in
subsequent fitting procedures (with acceptor present). And, that worked
fine until recently, when I came across a sample where very small change
in donor lifetime (fixed parameter-I was playing with manually changing
it) would yield substantial difference in fitted A1 and A2, with
equally good fit quality (chi-squared test). So, now I can't decide
which amplitudes to use. Does anybody have some advice how to resolve
this issue?<br>We use Leica confocal microscope paired with PicoQuant
TCSPC system and SyphoTime software for analysis. I should mention that I
never measured IRF (software offers to approximate it), so I'm not sure
how this affects fitting results. Also, I recently became aware of the
FLIM fit software, and I was wondering is there anyone experienced with both SymphoTime and FLIM fit. What would be the better choice? Could this fitting issue be resolved by using FLIM Fit (maybe it has some extra features
for assessing goodness of fit?)? Also, could you tell me what would be
the best sample (way) for measuring the IRF function (gold nanorods?-
where to get them?).<br></div><div>I would greatly appreciate any advice.<br><br></div><div>Thank you and kind regards,<br></div>Marko Šoštar</div>