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ABE Australia Teacher Builds Bead Model to Help Students Visualize Plasmids
August 11, 2026
Susan Senior, an ABE Master Teacher Fellow in New South Wales, Australia, noticed her Year 12 students were struggling to grasp how plasmids work. “They just weren’t understanding how the plasmids would come apart and go back together,” she recalled. While the ABE laboratory kit includes a paper modeling activity, her students found the process…
Steering the Ship Through Fog
July 14, 2021
"There is a time and place for 'set in stone' with appropriate consequences. But even during non-pandemic years, students struggle through…
2020–21 Master Teacher Fellows Present Their Curriculum Projects
July 5, 2021
In late 2020, the ABE Program Office launched a pilot of the ABE Master Teacher Fellowship, an initiative that provides opportunity, support, and…
Supporting a Return to the Classroom
July 2, 2021
As another school year ends in many ABE locations, it is important to recognize that many sites were unable to be “in” their classrooms. Virtual…
ABE-LA Future Leaders of Biotech Virtual Summit
June 17, 2021
— Contributed by Mahsa Khatibeghdami, Program Site Director, ABE Greater Los Angeles Area During the 2020–21 school year, the COVID-19 pandemic…
Breaking Historic Cycles of Mistrust in Medicine
June 1, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has given us new awareness of a variety of social and health factors that make certain groups more vulnerable to disease and…
Evaluating Professional Learning
May 27, 2021
This is the second in a series of blog posts on the topic of evaluation in the context of the ABE program. Read Part 1 of the evaluation series…
An Alumnus Reflects on the Relationship That Would Spark His Career
August 21, 2020
"Getting people to understand why science is important early is critical to the survival of our country now."Vincent Tedjasaputra traces the start of…
Growing a Regional Program and Making a Lasting Impact
June 9, 2020
"Each time I attend one of the all-ABE site meetings hosted by the Program Office, I look around and feel extremely proud to be part of this amazing…