TAIWAN EXCELLENCE
Winner # 2 : Taiwan Advanced Nanotech Taiwan Advanced Nanotech boasts a number of significant achievements that have enabled TANBead to become a trusted company , bringing Taiwan Advanced Nanotech to the forefront of nucleic acid extraction technology .
In addition , the company is focused on equity , working hard to give back to the community by supporting local schools and farmers , as well as organisations for the disabled and others . In doing this , Taiwan Advanced Nanotech hopes that the company can help to improve society through education and protection .
The 2022 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo is an opportunity to create relationships with partners and customers . Taiwan Advanced Nanotech wants to enable its team to meet and have discussions with its partners in person , arranging the time and place to bring their engineers , R & D or commercial team to provide better customer services . As one can imagine , doing this in person is a much smoother process than over video call .
Taiwan Advanced Nanotech Inc . has contributed to large-scale sample screenings . What has the COVID- 19 pandemic taught you ? “ In terms of large-scale sample screening , it taught us how our job and technology plays an important role in supporting communities . We have to make sure that we don ' t run out of stock and that our instruments are running perfectly , then we have to ensure that people are in a good condition to help other people , while delivering their screening results in a timely manner .
“ It becomes our priority to make these consumers feel at ease , that everything is under control and they don ' t have to be anxious about anything . Throughout the whole process , we really learnt how to develop products and systems that will allow our company to grow as an international company .”
Tell us more about your automated DNA and RNA extraction instruments – how do they increase the processing sample volume ? “ We have a range of such instruments , because we want to be flexible and meet the customer ' s demands . As such , we use our own patented spin-mixing technology , optimising it to make sure that the extraction will be efficient and would prevent splashing , thus increasing the processing volume and reducing the risk of contamination .
“ Our instruments are used in a variety of fields , from clinical human diagnostics to general research , or in more specific ones , like plant research or food testing ."
How do your magnetic beads increase extraction efficiency , and does this risk contaminating samples ? “ Magnetic beads are one of the latest technologies to be incorporated in molecular biology . It supports the extraction so that it ' s simpler and lead to better results , both in quantity and quality – especially when we compare it to column-based extractions . Column-based extraction is hard to automate , so we have to do it manually , which is time-consuming and has a higher risk of contamination . In comparison , the magnetic beads can be fully automated , are timeefficient and have lower risk of contamination .
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