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21st Century Firsts
Our Most Recent Innovations
2000, April: First Olis DM 45 spectrofluorimeter was installed at St. John's University, Minnesota (Jukabowski )
2000, September: First automated enzyme assay device, a four syringe version of the Olis Titrator, was installed at the Los Alamos National Laboratories (Unkefer)
2000, November: First Olis Four Position Cell Holder was installed at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (Krishnaswamy)
2001, May: First Windows® compatible control for Olis modernized Cary™ 14 spectrophotometer was installed at Arizona State University (Skibo)
2001, June: First Windows® compatible control for an Olis modernized Aminco™ DW-2000 spectrophotometer was installed at Biopure (Light)
2001, June: First modernization of the Aminco™ DW-2000 with Windows® Compatible GlobalWorks™ was installed at the University of Illinois (Moreno)
2001, July: First Windows® compatible control for Olis DSM 10 CD spectrophotometer was installed at Biopure Corporation (Light)
2001, September: First Windows® compatible control for Olis Modernized Cary™ 17 spectrophotometer was installed at Misslebury College (Larrabee)
2001, December: First Quantum Northwest Peltier Cell for the Olis CD installed for ALK-Abellow A/S in Denmark (Ipsen)
2002, July: First Olis GlobalWorks™ version for the HP 8452 diode array spectrophotometer was installed at Wichita State University (Rillema)
2002, August: First Windows® compatible control for an Olis modernized Aminco™ DW-2 spectrophotometer was installed at UCLA (Hubbell)
2002, August: First Four Position Peltier Cell Changer was installed at the University of North Carolina (Stafford)
2003, January: First Windows® compatible SpectralWorks installed for an RSM 1000 at Auburn University (Stanbury)
2003, May: First OLIS Four Syringe Automated Enzyme Assay Device to be used with an OLIS 14 UV/Vis/NIR, Xavier University of Louisiana (Blake)
2004, February: First DeSa 1.4 Magnet added to the sample chamber in an OLIS DSM 1000 CD, University of Helsinki (Alakoskela, Kinnunen)
2004, December: First computer controlled Vertex specular reflectance accessory to be used with modernized OLIS 14 UV/Vis/NIR installed at Prosystems (Lyons)
2005, November: Dr. Richard DeSa receives US Patent: Device for enabling Slow and Direct Measurement of Fluorescence Polarization
2005, July: First Twin Peltier Cell Holder for modernized Aminco DW_2/2000 installed at Washington State University (Jones)
2005, May: First modernized Aminco DW-2 with dual LED flash system installed at Pomona College (Becker)
2005, June: OLIS introduced the "GaGe" card, for use in the USB compatible electrical board of our spectrophotometers. Thus, increasing the speed of data acquisition for clients doing laser/flash photolysis and CD spectrophotometry.
2006, January: OLIS introduced the 16 bit, 500 kHz A/D USB board, which opens the use of laptop computers to all OLIS clientele
2006, January: First HP 8452 Diode Array outfitted with an Absorbance/Fluorescence Peltier Cell Holder for Extreme Temperature installed at Northern Arizona University (Lewis)
2006, March: First OLIS 14 with Peltier Absorbance/Fluorescence Cell Holder for Extreme Temperatures installed at Oak Ridge National Lab (Palmer)
2006, March: First DB 620 UV/Vis/NIR with Hummingbird subtractive double monochromator installed at the University of Calgary (Husein)
2006, April: First DM 245 Spectrofluorimeter installed at Louisiana State University (Henry)
2006, May: First HP 8452 Diode Array mounted with USA Stopped-Flow, installed at University of Tampa (Jackman)
2006, July: First Windows® compatible Modernized OLIS Cary 15 installed at Los Alamos National Lab (Ashley)
2006, August: First OLIS DSM 20 CD Spectrophotometer with scanning emission module, installed at City College of New York (Tu)
2006, August: Dr. Richard DeSa receives US Patent: Sample Holder with Intense Magnetic Field
2007, July: First OLIS 14 with Custom Integrating Sphere for UV/Vis/NIR Diffuse Reflectance for Powder and Solid Samples (Glaum). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
2007, July: First OLIS DSM 1000 CD Spectrophotometer with Oxford Instruments Cryogenic Flask, installed at Norwegian University of Science (Mikkelsen) (Image 1) (Image 2)
2007, August: First Hansatech Oxygen Electrode incorporated in the OLIS DM 45, installed at the Abramson Cancer Research Institute (Cross)
2007, August: First Dewar Flask incorporated into an OLIS DW-2 for cryogenic studies of Mitochondria (Selak)
2008, January: First rotatable OLIS DSM 20 CD chamber to support use of polarized beam, Diamond Light Source (Siligardi). (Image)
View a PDF of images demonstrating rotation.
2008, March: First Cary 14 with novel Integrating Sphere for Reflectance/Transmittance studies of blood, Ottawa Health Research Institute (Lagali) (Image)
For additional information on the innovative blood research being carried out with the Olis 14 Diffuse Reflectance instrument read the OHRI annual report.
2008, June: First NIR scanning emission fluorescence addition to a Cary 14, (Belo Horizonte) (Image)
2008, June: First Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) system added to an Olis RSM 1000, Knox College (Welch) (Image)
View a PDF of Polarization Toolbox specifications.
2008, August: First Cary 14 with InGaAs array for fast-response NIR fluorescence studies of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), Universidad Tecnica de Santa Maria (del Río) (Image)
2008, August: First OLIS SM 45K, Furman University (Wagenknecht)
2008, September: First OLIS TWIN RSM 1000, supporting CPL, fluorescence, and scatter detection; employs first StepDisk intermediate cartridge for synchronized rapid-scanning excitation and emission, Abbott Laboratories (Matayoshi) (Image 1) (Image 2)
2008, October: first high-vacuum OLIS DSM 20 CD for use in a synchrotron beam line, Diamond Light Source (Siligardi) (View Images )
2009, January: First OLIS DSM 20 CD with vertically-oriented lamp and slit wheel assembly. “Two story” design allows the controlling electronics to be housed underneath the optical system. (Image)
2009, February: First OLIS TWIN DSM 1000 CD, supporting rapid-scanning fluorescence and scatter simultaneous with CD. Also includes first six-position Peltier turret cell holder for thermal melts. Collection modes available per scan are dual beam absorbance, dual beam (digital method) CD, with single or dual beam millisecond scanning emission and scatter. University of Kansas (Middaugh). (Image)
Upcoming
First OLIS RSM 250 aka “Mitochondria Machine” configured for UV/Vis spectral studies of real-time electron transport in whole cells. University of Maryland (Costello)
Installation of an Instec Hot Stage in an OLIS DSM 20 CD
Development of a multi-plate reader for a synchrotron beam line
Computerization of the Agilent 8453 Diode Array spectrophotometer
Upgrade for the Aminco Bowman Series 2 fluorimeter
Modernization of the Hitachi 557 Dual Wavelength spectrophotometer
Development of a Fast Mixing Accessory for use in slower kinetic experiments
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