Behind the Innovation
Powering science at every step.™
Innovation drives progress. At Avantor®, we’re committed to helping scientists make progress with confidence. Whether building flexible solutions that optimize biomanufacturing, delivering results for cutting-edge R&D challenges or building reliable supply chains that streamline lab operations, our team is here to support you every step of the way. Read our innovation stories to discover how we’re setting science in motion every day — because your science is our priority.
Catherine Teo, Senior Research Scientist, explains how her team at Avantor's Bridgewater Innovation Center is focused on discovering, developing and delivering solutions to help the biopharma industry improve production for biological products, such as antibodies, mRNA and recombinant proteins.
Delivering an accurate and reliable tracking system for precision pipettes in a lab environment requires three things: an automated solution so scientists aren’t spending valuable time searching for and manually scanning items, a network robust enough to manage tens of thousands of assets and, digitally connect an entire site and, perhaps most importantly, a tracking device that does not get in the way of the work of scientists and lab technicians.
What started as a straightforward mandate to Avantor’s Bridgewater Innovation Center scientists — to find an eco-friendly alternative to a leading bioprocessing detergent — transformed into a challenge to bring improved efficiencies and cost savings to customers during downstream bioprocessing for both gene and mAb therapies.
James Hwang, Head of Biopharma Applications for Asia, Middle East and Africa, shares insights on the downstream production challenges his Avantor Innovation Center teams in South Korea, Singapore and India tackle with partners in the biopharma industry.
When Avantor first partnered with the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the goal was simple: give BIO members — many without revenue and reliant on venture capital — affordable access to the products and services needed to advance their research.
Avantor NuSil® R&D Scientist Sandra Ortega shares her path to a career in research and discusses developing high-purity silicone applications for the medical devices, aerospace exploration and defense systems industries.
Avantor’s Mark Featherston and John D. Fisher discuss how digitalization increasingly enables biopharma companies to collect and analyze large datasets and recommend improvements.
In this The Restless Ones podcast, Avantor’s Chief Information Officer, Mike Wondrasch, discusses how Avantor uses connectivity, data and computing power to “set science in motion to create a better world.”
Tola Olorunnisola, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Services at Avantor, delves into how AI and automation could put the Lab of the Future within our grasp, enabling scientific breakthroughs and revolutionizing drug development.
Ger Brophy, Chair of Avantor’s Scientific Advisory Board, looks in depth at optimizing viral vector production and collaborating on industry standardization and automation.
Avantor’s Tola Olorunnisola and Philippe De Winne discuss how deploying AI for inventory management gives scientists more time back to focus on innovations.