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.
A Redesigned Precision Medicine Module Sparks Student Excitement
December 15, 2025
Excitement is in the air in a biology classroom in Tampa, Florida. As Mishell Thomas-King explains how her students will be trying out a new lab next quarter that lets them test their own DNA, a student reacts simply with “Oh my gosh! Really?”“I said, ‘You get to test whether or not you have a particular trait, then swab your own cheek cells, and…
An Encore Career as an ABE Teacher
May 6, 2015
Teaching science was always Dr. Howard Goldsweig’s dream "encore career." Formerly Amgen’s executive director of medical science, Dr. Goldsweig had…
Sharing Passion for Science with the Next Generation
May 5, 2015
Like so many undergrads, Christine Martin hit a ‘wall’ her senior year at Dundee University in Scotland. She’d soon have her bachelor’s degree in…
Reflections on 24 Years of Teaching ABE
April 30, 2015
Winnie Litten may have come from a family of educators, but she didn’t realize her passion for teaching until she was studying pre-med in college. A…
ABE Reignites Interest in Science for Teachers and Students
March 15, 2015
Huw Williams never intended to become a high school science teacher. Prior to teaching high school, Huw taught game rangers at a technical university…