ABE Blog
The ABE blog covers biotech and biotech-education news and trends in and beyond the ABE community. Topical posts often include student activities.
ABE Teacher Explores New Ways to Highlight Biotech Career Pathways for Students
July 15, 2025
During a whirlwind session of “speed networking” at a meeting in Boston in April, ABE Massachusetts teacher Christine Thompson felt transported back to her research days. Like other Master Teacher Fellows in attendance, she moved from table to table as different Amgen staff gave mini-talks about their careers in biotechnology. In a speed dating–…
30 Years of ABE: Veteran Teachers Reflect on the Evolution of the Program
August 14, 2020
In honor of the Amgen Biotech Experience’s (ABE) 30th anniversary this year, veteran ABE teachers Winnie Litten and Ann Cortina recently shared their…
Student Ambassadors Provide Mentorship Link for ABE Hong Kong
August 7, 2020
As demand increases globally for high-quality biotech educational resources, so too does demand for the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE). Around the…
Reflecting on 30 Years of Evolution and Gratitude in Teaching Biotechnology
July 29, 2020
When Winnie Litten first began teaching the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE), the technology she was able to teach to her students was not yet even…
From a Van to a Subaru: Teaching ABE Over the Past Decade
July 27, 2020
In the spring of 2006, Ann Cortina drove 70 miles through Los Angeles area traffic to Newbury Park, Calif., to pick up the kits for a new biotech…
From the COVID-19 Frontlines, A Career in Public Health
July 6, 2020
"It is a very unprecedented time, and there are a lot of eyes on my field right now. In my work before COVID-19, I would have difficulty getting…
Mentoring Program Goes Virtual to Connect Students to Biotech
May 29, 2020
Marco Cyrille has had many mentors in his life, but one especially stands out. When he was 19 years old attending Queens College CUNY, he met a…
Shifting Biotech from the Lab to the Computer: Distance Learning in the Time of COVID
May 15, 2020
When Scott Atkinson left his classroom after the school day in early March, he had no idea that it would be the last time he’d see the gels he had…
Braving the COVID-19 Storm with a Reliable Distance-Learning Resource
April 7, 2020
With Italy swept up in a tsunami of crisis as it battles the global COVID-19 pandemic, there are a few “drops of water in the sea” that are showing…