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.
ABE Teacher Explores New Ways to Highlight Biotech Career Pathways for Students
July 15, 2025
During a whirlwind session of “speed networking” at a meeting in Boston in April, ABE Massachusetts teacher Christine Thompson felt transported back to her research days. Like other Master Teacher Fellows in attendance, she moved from table to table as different Amgen staff gave mini-talks about their careers in biotechnology. In a speed dating–…
Considering the Ethics of Editing Genes (Part 1)
April 15, 2021
In this first part of a two-part blog series, we explore the history and ethics of editing plant and animal genes in the context of agriculture and…
ABE Appreciation: Charissa Lin, ABE Singapore
April 13, 2021
Meet one of our most passionate and innovative ABE community members. Working with her team at Singapore’s Science Centre, Charissa Lin is the team’s…
How Does ABE Approach Evaluation?
March 22, 2021
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the topic of evaluation in the context of the ABE program. Program evaluation is a valuable tool when…
Seeing Is Not Necessarily Believing
March 15, 2021
Supporting Students in Evaluating SourcesOne of the most difficult tasks that we have as humans is discerning whether something we hear, see, or read…
What Does Culturally Responsive Teaching Look Like?
March 7, 2021
With a continued focus on bringing equity, engagement, and diversity to the forefront of an inclusive STEM workforce, the ABE Program Office is…
ABE Turkey—Reflections on Our First PDI
March 7, 2021
- Contributed by the ABE Turkey program site staff We recently (November–December 2020) completed our first official ABE professional development…
Coming Full Circle: From Teaching to Industry to ABE Parent
March 4, 2021
Cleo Talbot grew up in a small town in the middle of Ireland called Mullingar. There, the only women she ever met who had science degrees were her…
What's Gut Got to Do with It?
February 16, 2021
When we hear about COVID, most of us think of it as a respiratory illness. However, current research is beginning to link gut health with the…