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.
How ABE North Carolina Brings Science to Life for Young Students
October 7, 2025
In Greensboro, North Carolina, third graders don lab coats and gloves and are instantly transformed: Whereas moments before they were ordinary elementary students on a field trip, now they are scientists—seeing themselves in a new way that 8- or 9-year-olds seldom experience.That is all in a day’s work for the ABE North Carolina (NC) team at North…
Viruses Offer New Hope for Sickle Cell Patients
September 21, 2020
In an era where a virus has upended our lives and harmed many, it’s easy to forget that viruses can also be a force for good. Researchers have…
30 Years of ABE: How New Teachers Continue to Shape the Program
September 8, 2020
When the Amgen Biotech Experience began in 1990, the Human Genome Project had just completed its initial planning for the 15-year effort to map all…
30 Years of ABE: Veteran Teachers Reflect on the Evolution of the Program
August 14, 2020
In honor of the Amgen Biotech Experience’s (ABE) 30th anniversary this year, veteran ABE teachers Winnie Litten and Ann Cortina recently shared their…
Student Ambassadors Provide Mentorship Link for ABE Hong Kong
August 7, 2020
As demand increases globally for high-quality biotech educational resources, so too does demand for the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE). Around the…
Reflecting on 30 Years of Evolution and Gratitude in Teaching Biotechnology
July 29, 2020
When Winnie Litten first began teaching the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE), the technology she was able to teach to her students was not yet even…
From a Van to a Subaru: Teaching ABE Over the Past Decade
July 27, 2020
In the spring of 2006, Ann Cortina drove 70 miles through Los Angeles area traffic to Newbury Park, Calif., to pick up the kits for a new biotech…
From the COVID-19 Frontlines, A Career in Public Health
July 6, 2020
"It is a very unprecedented time, and there are a lot of eyes on my field right now. In my work before COVID-19, I would have difficulty getting…
Mentoring Program Goes Virtual to Connect Students to Biotech
May 29, 2020
Marco Cyrille has had many mentors in his life, but one especially stands out. When he was 19 years old attending Queens College CUNY, he met a…