Reagents are prepared in UV decontaminated chambers, so their contamination is prevented

Saskia is a laboratory assistant with a university degree in Molecular Bio-sciences from the University of Salzburg. She takes care of calibrations, routine and ISO Compliance.

The DNA extraction is fully automated. The largest of the five DNA extraction robots can handle almost 200 saliva samples in two hours. The result is high quality pure DNA, which can be further processed.

Dr. Daniel Wallerstorfer is biotechnologist and he is the managing director of the laboratory and the group of companies. He is responsible for the scientific supervision and for the product development.

A full 384 well plate loaded with 75 customers DNA sample is prepared in a real-time cycle for analysis. The results of the genetic analysis are ready for interpretation 1.5 hours later.

International meetings and product training sessions will be held on webcam and flat screen TV. Difficult medical issues can be effectively discussed.

Robots carry out pipetting steps, in order to avoid human errors. All reagents and plates are additionally barcoded, to prevent mixing the samples.

Cheek swabs are prepared for automated extraction. Nearly 200 samples are extracted in one run. Having five extractors, the total capacity is 100.000 swabs per month.

The remaining swabs are stored until the analysis is complete. If there is insufficient quantity or quality of the DNA obtained on the first attempt, the process is repeated with the second swab.

Maria is an industrial designer with a university degree of the FH Joanneum Graz. She is in charge of packaging, design, and ISO compliance. Maria leads a team of six software developers.

Through an automated processing of the queue, the laboratory is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It can easily perform up to 50,000 analyzes per month.

Upon arrival, each sample is provided with a barcode, and the identity of the patient is kept encrypted. The processing is done in the lab with anonymous barcodes.

Daniela is a geneticist responsible for the acceptance pf the samples, DNA extraction, preparation, equipment maintenance and routine processes. Rene is also a geneticist in charge of the routine and the new developments in the field of genetic testing and technology.

Currently, up to 5000 genetic samples per month are stored in analysis racks for further processing. Depending on the type of the analyses and the quality of the sample, the time from sample receipt to the dispatching of the results is maximum 14 days.

Florian is a geneticist and managed the routine processes, software developments, scientific research and the establishment of new products and technologies.

Thomas is a geneticist and works in the area of routine diagnostics, sample acceptance, analysis and product development.