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.
Seeing the Impact: ABE Reaches 1 Million Students and Counting
September 6, 2024
“The Amgen Biotech Experience has inspired me to pursue a lab opportunity in my post-secondary pathway. … At York University, I work as a research assistant under Dr. Haas's lab, and it involves a lot of the techniques that were learned through the program, including techniques related to working with DNA and gel electrophoresis. The pipetting…
A Passion for the Scientific Process
April 10, 2017
For almost half of his life, Dr. David Mangus worked as a research scientist. He loved working in the laboratory, trying to figure out how things…
From Ballet to Biotech
August 11, 2015
With nearly 15 years of dancing under her belt, Kimberly Piper had hopes of one day joining the Boston Ballet – that is, until she took ABE during a…
The Amgen Scholars Program was a "Scientist Boot Camp"
August 11, 2015
"ABE was my only encounter with hands-on activities in science class which allowed me to actually experience the science and personally relate to the…
Inspiring the Next Generation, One Lab Kit at a Time
August 11, 2015
"The hands-on components of ABE were much better than what was offered in other science courses I had taken. They are really what turned me on to…
Science: A Common Language
August 11, 2015
At the young age of 14, Henry Chou made a bold move—he left behind his immediate family in Taiwan to live with relatives in the United States in…
ABE: Expanding Horizons, Increasing Students' Enthusiasm
July 15, 2015
Dr. Wendy Wooten always knew she wanted to go into academia and got an earlier start to teaching than most while she was working towards her Ph.D. at…
ABE Takes the Mystery Out of Science
June 5, 2015
Like all mothers, Monica Barsever wanted to provide her children with the best education possible. Early on, she could tell her children were gifted…
The Gift of Awareness
May 5, 2015
Well on her way to becoming a doctor, it wasn’t until Sarah Elizabeth Allen took a six -month solo European sabbatical following her college…