LUMICKS B.V. was incorporated with the objective of bringing to market the revolutionary C-Trap Correlative Tweezers-Fluorescence Microscope (CTFM), as developed in the research groups led by Prof. Gijs Wuite and Prof. Erwin Peterman at the VU University Amsterdam. This instrument enables the disruptive technique of live imaging of dynamic protein – nucleic acid interactions at the single molecule level. A team of Optical, Mechanical, Electronic and software engineers is manufacturing the first commercial CTFM systems, and works on continuous product improvements.