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.
Exploring New Approaches to Precision Medicine
May 18, 2024
Whether navigating the latest information about the health effects of certain foods or the benefits of specific medical treatments, the headlines and literature appear rife with examples of where what works for one person might not work for another. These seemingly conflicting findings can be the result of differences in just a handful of genes.…
2020 ... the ABE Year in Review
January 15, 2021
The ABE Program Office wishes all of its program site staff, teachers, students, and ABE friends and family everywhere a very happy new year!! As we…
ABE Master Teacher Fellowship Launches a New Community of Leaders
January 15, 2021
The ABE Program Office is proud and excited to launch the inaugural cohort of the ABE Master Teacher Fellowship, with its first meeting taking place…
Spotlight on Rhode Island: Empowering Students with College-Level Lab Skills
December 23, 2020
As school systems across the United States continue to adapt to the new challenges posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic, Amgen Biotech Experience (…
CAR-T Therapy and Other Immunotherapies
December 19, 2020
Immunotherapy is fast becoming a promising treatment for cancer. By using patients’ own immune cells to treat cancer, doctors can avoid using…
ABE Volunteer Program: Bringing Biotech Careers into the Classroom
December 15, 2020
“You can’t be it if you can’t see it!” This is the driving mission behind the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) Volunteer Program, launched in 2018 to…
Tips and Tricks for Successful Virtual Learning Experiences
December 8, 2020
As distance learning continues for many communities across the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of keeping students engaged and…
An Escape with Purpose: Creating a Flexible Classroom Experience
December 8, 2020
On a Zoom call in November, Maria Niño-Soto held up her lab schedule, and it looked more like a complex conference scheme than a classroom set-up. It…
Bioinformatics BLAST-off!
December 7, 2020
Bioinformatics, the emerging field that uses software to analyze vast amounts of biological data, is also accessible in the classroom. Bioinformatics…