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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…
ABE Covers My Favorite Areas in the Life Sciences
January 14, 2019
Lam Mei Kien has been teaching science in Singapore for 34 years, 24 of which at Methodist Girls’ School. Always looking for ways to improve the STEM…
Nurturing Teachers and Giving Back in Puerto Rico
December 12, 2018
Héctor L Ayala-Del-Río recently received an unexpected thank you card: It was from a local high school science teacher, explaining that she was…
A Local Boston Scientist Making a Big Impact in a Global Biotech World
December 6, 2018
“My teacher is amazing. This is my second year speaking English for the first time, and she has provided me with help to improve my English skills…
Decoding the New ABE Curriculum
November 6, 2018
Science is a passion for Vivienne Watson that goes beyond her professional life as a senior scientist and scientific project manager at Amgen. She is…
A Biotech Coming of Age: One Student's Journey
September 14, 2018
As a young child, James Bowden loved science – he enjoyed the Magic School Bus and visiting the California Science Center. But he always viewed…
In Recognition: Teaching the Next-Generation from a Biotech Hub
September 10, 2018
Boston Latin School is the first public school in the United States, opening its doors in 1635 – a time before the great biology revolution of the…
In Recognition: A Teacher’s Relentless Quest for Biotech Labs
August 28, 2018
I don't think that you can replace the experience of conducting a bacterial transformation in the lab with anything from a book. To go through all…
A Poetic Journey into Science Education: The Italian PDI Experience
August 2, 2018
Ask Anna Pascucci about her experience becoming involved with the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) program and her responses are poetic, romantic even…