Academic research
Resources to advance fundamental science
Avantor® supports academic researchers by providing essential materials and tools for efficient, breakthrough research in well-equipped laboratories. Our diverse portfolio enables students to conduct hands-on experiments, enhancing their grasp of scientific concepts. Prioritizing student safety, we supply all necessary elements for secure lab experiences, including personal protection and safety equipment.
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We are committed to providing products, applications, white papers and webinars that make it easy for academic researchers to conduct the basic science that leads to breakthrough results.
Nothing that happens in the workplace is as important as your health and safety. Avantor® helps keep you and your colleagues safe with a complete line of safety products and personal protective equipment.
Avantor® takes pride in providing customers with an extensive range of chemicals from a single source. With significant investments in our chemical production and a commitment to simplifying product accessibility, we aim to make acquiring the items you need effortless.
Chromatography and spectrometry play pivotal roles in scientific, academic and industrial realms. Our diverse array of equipment, products and services is designed to enhance laboratory efficiency and results across various applications.
From preparation and synthesis to monitoring, analysis and scale-up production, Avantor® offers a complete suite of essentials for organic synthesis.
Outfit your life sciences lab with essential products, equipment and supplies for cell biology, genomics, proteomics and more. Avantor® can deliver millions of products from brands you trust so you can choose what's best for you.
Microorganisms, though small, wield significant power. Our evolving portfolio reflects advancing methods to control their growth and infection transmission. Explore our comprehensive range, covering the entire microbiology workflow—from sampling and preparation to microorganism identification.
With profound expertise in microscopy, we provide a diverse range of products, from basic to advanced microscopes, along with cold light sources, image recording systems and all essential consumables. Our microscopy collection is backed by renowned brands and our own VWR® line for comprehensive support.
Electrochemistry is vital when it comes to quality control. It enables precise analysis and monitoring of parameters such as pH, conductivity, and ion concentrations in products and processes.
VWR® offers a large and growing range of spectrophotometers for all applications.
To counteract the adverse impact of environmental hazards on human health, the first step is identifying the specific hazards in each scenario. Collaborating with regulators, environmental testing laboratories employ advanced and precise testing methods to locate and identify potential threats to both environmental and human health.
Avantor® provides comprehensive solutions tailored to diverse needs, including applications, budget considerations, safety (for biological, chemical or radioactive samples), ergonomic features to prevent musculoskeletal injuries, and an accredited service for pipette calibration and repair.
Avantor® offers microcentrifuges and bench centrifuges, both refrigerated and ambient. The range is from all market leading suppliers as well as our high performance VWR® Collection. In addition, all the appropriate accessories are available to make centrifugation easy.
Avantor® offers lab design and furniture products and services to move your science forward. We leverage 35 years of lab design experience to provide a full range of sophisticated design resources, workflow expertise and laboratory furniture so your team has everything it needs to make the next breakthrough discovery.
Avantor® offers refrigerators and freezers of all types, temperatures and capacities with associated consumables.
When it comes to the laboratory environment, temperature monitoring is a full-time challenge. Maintaining consistent temperature is essential to the success of research.
Discover our extended range of ovens and incubators, including CO2 incubators, vacuum ovens, constant climate chambers, BOD incubators and more.
Avantor® has extensive experience with this technology, and works with major manufacturers such as Sartorius, Ohaus and our own VWR® brand. We can help you find the right scale, from micro and semi-micro through to high capacity, and all consumables for this workflow.
Reduce cost by creating the ideal university stockroom.
State-of-the-art inventory management and tracking software.
From scientific discovery to scale-up and commercial delivery, Avantor® offers mission-critical products, services and solutions on a global scale.
With sustainability embedded throughout our business, we fulfill our mission of setting science in motion to create a better world.
Solutions that reduce your carbon footprint but still deliver premium quality.
Learn more about recycling solutions. The Zero Waste Box™ is a complete, convenient solution of boxes to store, ship and recycle waste.
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