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.
Making Biology Real: How ABE Transformed One Tutor’s Path—and Her Students’ Futures
February 23, 2026
As a biology tutor, Aya Barghachoun is constantly looking for ways to move beyond theory to create authentic scientific practice. While a physiotherapy student at the University of Sydney, she joined the ABE teacher training program, not realizing just how transformative that move would be.A year later, Barghachoun has not only expanded her…
Making Biology Real: How ABE Transformed One Tutor’s Path—and Her Students’ Futures
February 23, 2026
As a biology tutor, Aya Barghachoun is constantly looking for ways to move beyond theory to create authentic scientific practice. While a…
Charting a Path in Biotech: How Two ABE Los Angeles Teachers Made a Difference
February 5, 2026
Angel Reyes’s life took an unexpected turn one day in his honors biotechnology class during his senior year. A guest speaker came in to tell the…
Why Bitterness Isn’t the Same for Everyone: A Taste of Our New Curriculum Module
January 26, 2026
ABE has launched the long-anticipated pilot version of our updated Exploring Precision Medicine curriculum module for upper-level secondary students…
Nothing Is Stopping South African ABE Learners from Pursuing Science
December 30, 2025
Listening to South African students Lesedi and Lilitha discuss their interests in science and plans to pursue medicine, it’s hard to believe they are…
A Redesigned Precision Medicine Module Sparks Student Excitement
December 15, 2025
Excitement is in the air in a biology classroom in Tampa, Florida. As Mishell Thomas-King explains how her students will be trying out a new lab next…
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…
Amgen Massachusetts Leader Reflects on Early Science Education
September 14, 2025
When Margaret Faul was growing up in Dublin, Ireland, she thought she had only a few career choices: doctor, teacher, accountant. Coming from a…
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…