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's Expansion to the Global South: Part 1 – Brazil
November 18, 2024
Three countries, with vastly different education, science, and biotechnology infrastructures, are now bonded in a common goal—bringing hands-on biotech labs to underserved students. Comparing notes at a recent visit to a science education conference in Washington, DC, USA, leaders of the newest ABE sites, in Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, found…
Seizing Creative Opportunities for Research Outside the Classroom
December 7, 2023
Until eighth grade, Clara Tandar wanted to study English. Then she discovered something—that science is creative. “We may not think of science as the…
Growth and Rebirth at ABE Puerto Rico, 15 Years in the Making
November 15, 2023
When microbiologist Héctor L. Ayala-Del-Río started the ABE Puerto Rico program 15 years ago, he never thought it would last as long as it has, let…
Extending Access to ABE Through Social Media Channels with ABE Hong Kong
October 24, 2023
In August, the ABE Hong Kong SAR program gathered together educators and students who shared a common interest in science. Looking through the photos…
Unpacking Representation in Science
October 15, 2023
“Everyone needs science and science needs everyone.” That mantra from the Amgen Foundation leads our efforts here at the Amgen Biotech Experience (…
ABE Opens Doors to Hands-On Science in Mexico
September 18, 2023
A new type of science experience has come to classrooms in Mexico. After four schools in the Mexico City and Cuernavaca, state of Morelos, areas…
Seeing Individual Differences Through a Genomics Lens in the Classroom
August 22, 2023
A new school year is beginning now in the United States, and for some students, that means they will get exclusive access to a new ABE module, in the…
Diving into Wonder Through New Approaches to Science Education
July 26, 2023
In the last weeks of May, after finishing her honors thesis and graduating with a biology degree from Bellarmine University, Kaitlyn Kalehuawehe made…
Closing Out the School Year by Investigating a Real-World Biotech Mystery
July 5, 2023
As the school year wound down for most students in the Northern Hemisphere in the first couple weeks of June, some students were still actively…