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)

Coming in 2008: first rotatable OLIS DSM 20 to support use of beam; Synchrotron as light source for high-vacuum OLIS DSM 20 (Siligardi) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

Coming in 2008: first Cary 14 with InGaAs array for fast-response NIR fluorescence studies of carbon nanotubes (CNT) to be installed at Universidad Tecnica de Santa Maria

Coming in 2008: first Cary 14 with Custom Integrating Sphere for Reflectance/Transmittance studies of blood to be installed at the Ottawa Health Research Institute (Lagali)

Coming in 2008: first CPL with Polarization on Olis RSM 1000, to be installed at Knox College (Welch)

Coming in 2008: first high-speed multi-wavelength luminometer, to be installed at Gen-Probe

Coming in 2008: First SM 45K, to be installed at Furman University