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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…
Scientists Make a Turn to Teaching
October 5, 2022
Although many students think about careers as a linear journey that continues along roughly the same track, building over time, most professionals…
Broadening Participation in STEM Through Community Engagement
September 20, 2022
Advancing STEM interest and engagement has increasingly demanded the creation of complementary education strategies to support continued growth and…
From Childhood Museum Visits to Cross-Country Research: Fulfilling a Science Dream
September 19, 2022
This year has been a particularly memorable one for Hannah Menghis, who spent the spring before her freshman year at Brown University doing…
When Lifelong Learners Turn to Teaching
August 30, 2022
This story is part of a blog series on the ABE Master Teaching Fellows. Although the school year is just starting to kick off in the Northern…
Building New Pathways to Biotech
August 23, 2022
The biotech sector often has a stigma attached to it: the idea that you need a science degree to be a part of it. That stigma can prevent many…
Drug Design: An Overview
August 15, 2022
In the past, most drugs were discovered by accident. For example, in the 1920s, veterinarians observed that cattle were afflicted with an unusual…
Opening a Gateway to New Possibilities in Rhode Island
August 2, 2022
It can take just one person to open a student’s eyes to new possibilities: That’s a common theme that emerges when speaking with professionals of all…
Ethical Questions Around Transplanted Organ Distribution
June 12, 2022
Worldwide, over 100,000 people receive life-saving organ transplants every year. Unfortunately, many people still die while awaiting transplant. In…