ABE Implementations Among “Best Educational Practices” in Turkey!

Mar 02, 2022

Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) practices, which have a inquiry-based biotechnology curriculum designed to make students experience the excitement of scientific discovery, will be presented at the “Integration in Education Summit” to be held on 21-22 June 2022.

ABE practices, which enable teachers to bring biotechnology

ABE Turkey Team Held a Meeting with the Participating Teachers to Make Plannings before the 2nd Term Classroom Practices!

Feb 28, 2022

Within the scope of the "Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) Program" carried out in cooperation with DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP and METU in order to increase the interest of young generations in biotechnology and to encourage them to pursue careers in these fields, a meeting with the participating teachers was held to make plans before the 2021-22 academic year

1st bioengineered hybrid animals discovered — in ancient Mesopotamia

Jan 18, 2022

Skeletons of "kungas" discovered in a princely burial.

Mesopotamians were using hybrids of domesticated donkeys and wild asses to pull their war wagons 4,500 years ago — at least 500 years before horses were bred for the purpose, a new study reveals.

Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) Program DNA Isolation, Micropipetting, and Gel Electrophoresis Teacher Training Completed!

The new teachers participating in the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) Program completed their Phase I training (DNA Isolation, Micropipetting, and Gel Electrophoresis) after the face-to-face training sessions held at the Middle East Technical University (METU) Department of Biological Sciences on October 8th and 15th, followed by an online meeting on October 18th.