News and Events

ABE Carleton PDI: August 2023!

The ABE@CU team is excited to welcome new teachers in the Ottawa region to this site's very first Profession Development Institute (PDI) on August 24-25, 2023.  This session will be dedicated to labs in the Complete series of the ABE laboratories. Registration closes August 1, 2023, with additional registrations confirmed on a case-by-case basis.

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ABE Summer 2022 PDI: Aug 17-19!

The ABE 2022 Summer PDI will be held in person on August 17–19, 2022, at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus!  This session will include two days of training for new teachers to become familiar with the ABE Complete Series of labs, followed by a single-day training module for returning teachers to introduce the Colony PCR module!

To RSVP for this event, please click here

Amgen Biotech Experience: online!

This year, the ABE@UTM team is excited to hold our second, fully virtual training session on implementing the ABE labs using LabXChange - an EdX-based platform that teachers can use to share images, simulations, assessments, videos, and other media… more

Looking back on 2019!

Have we had a busy year last year!

On October 11th media and VIPs attended an open-house event at John Polyani Collegiate Institute (JPCI), where UTM professors, Ph.D. trained scientists, JPCI teachers and students spoke about the impact of this innovative science learning opportunity, and the student’s increased confidence and interest in biotechnology from participating in this… more

May 2019 News Item - Behind the Scenes

ABE@UTM Site Coordinator and Master Lab Technician Kristina Han is featured in the May blog post from the Amgen Biotech Experience Program Office. Follow the link below to read the full text!

https://www.amgenbiotechexperience.com/behind-scenes-preparing-benchtop-next-generation-biotech

Nov 2019 News Item - ABE Kit Videos!

With the aid of some amazing videographers here at UTM, we have created a short video introducing all of the components inside the ABE@UTM kits.