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.
Why Bitterness Isn’t the Same for Everyone: A Taste of Our New Curriculum Module
January 26, 2026
ABE has launched the long-anticipated pilot version of our updated Exploring Precision Medicine curriculum module for upper-level secondary students. This module takes a deep dive into the concept of precision medicine—an emerging approach to health management that tailors treatment and prevention strategies to an individual’s genetic,…
Ethical Questions Around Transplanted Organ Distribution
June 12, 2022
Worldwide, over 100,000 people receive life-saving organ transplants every year. Unfortunately, many people still die while awaiting transplant. In…
Personal Reflections on a Professional Learning Course
June 6, 2022
It’s not often that one finishes a professional learning course fully satisfied, with the awareness of having spent one’s time well. Today that…
When Chance Encounters and Creative Curiosity Carve a Unique Path
May 25, 2022
In honor of her 15-year anniversary working at Amgen, Ingrid Rulifson created a post on Facebook that would lead to an unexpected chain of events. A…
Slivers in Time: Student Experiences with Pandemic Learning
May 16, 2022
Masks, sanitizer, a special ring, signature sunglasses, family photos, a laptop charger—these were some of the items that students listed they would…
Cleaning Up Past Perceptions of Chemistry
April 20, 2022
Chemistry often gets a bad reputation. While it can be blamed for some environmental problems, says Oliver Thiel, that’s not the whole story; this…
Getting to Know Industry: Beyond the Tour
April 18, 2022
It was one of the most memorable moments for ABE in 2018—coming together as a community at Amgen Dun Laoghaire in Ireland, seeing the very latest in…
Tattoos and the Immune System: More Than Skin Deep
April 12, 2022
Tattoos are a form of body modification where ink is inserted into the skin to create words and art. Tattoos have long been a form of self- and…
PCR: The Gold Standard of COVID Tests
March 16, 2022
In 2019, scientists first became aware of a new virus that was spreading in China. The disease, soon recognized as a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2),…