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.
A Transformational Lab Training Day in Dublin
January 28, 2025
Sitting between two of her students on a Zoom call in early December, Clare Collins was beaming with pride. Ready for the winter holiday break, they were also eager to share their experiences about ABE, especially students Aimee and Caitlin, who are in their final year of secondary school with college ahead.“They are a real asset to our school,…
ABE Opens Doors to Hands-On Science in Mexico
September 18, 2023
A new type of science experience has come to classrooms in Mexico. After four schools in the Mexico City and Cuernavaca, state of Morelos, areas…
Seeing Individual Differences Through a Genomics Lens in the Classroom
August 22, 2023
A new school year is beginning now in the United States, and for some students, that means they will get exclusive access to a new ABE module, in the…
Diving into Wonder Through New Approaches to Science Education
July 26, 2023
In the last weeks of May, after finishing her honors thesis and graduating with a biology degree from Bellarmine University, Kaitlyn Kalehuawehe made…
Closing Out the School Year by Investigating a Real-World Biotech Mystery
July 5, 2023
As the school year wound down for most students in the Northern Hemisphere in the first couple weeks of June, some students were still actively…
A Biotech Collaboration with the Deaf Community in Ireland
June 20, 2023
Any language is a living system. Language is not about individual words or phrases; it is about how those words uniquely connect as part of the…
A Student–Teacher Relationship That Continues to Make an Impact
June 5, 2023
Throughout her career, every time Tara Reed has had to give a public presentation, she thinks of one person: Tammy Fay. Reed’s high school biology…
Reframing the Discovery of DNA Through a Recreation of Rosalind Franklin’s Pivotal Photo
April 18, 2023
Until relatively recently, the story of the discovery of the structure of DNA has gone something like: On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis…
A Teacher Finds Personal Meaning Through ABE Professional Experience
April 4, 2023
Although many people think about careers as a linear journey that continues along roughly the same track, building over time, I experienced a path a…