ABE UK newsletter June 2025

"Welcome to our summer newsletter. In this edition we look forward to further bookings onto all our CPD sessions across the country. We provide a summary of the Wednesday 14th   May 2025 Network meeting that had a focus on the electrophoresis buffers used in the ABE labs, including addressing some practical considerations and, of course, Health & Safety. Sam Ward from Thomas Alleyne Academy, discusses ABE outreach work at Tech Fest. Cambridge Regional College (CRC) share their outreach work at Cambridge Festival. We celebrate the continued positive impact of ABE programme nationally, based on independently evaluated Jisc survey comments. Alison Ackroyd of MidKent College explains how the Amgen Biotech Experience kit supports T Level science students in developing industry-ready skills.  Earlier this month, I had a very fruitful visit to Boston and attended #ABEMeeting2025, where 50 ABE staff from 27 sites and 17 countries, came together at Northeastern University's Innovation Campus in, Boston, MA to reconnect, collaborate, and innovate - Participant Agenda. Among other things, we were introduced to the ongoing developments in ABE Flex, which include a collection of smaller practical activities that can be adapted by each site to suit context and using mostly existing resources; There will more information about ABE Flex in the next newsletter. The new ABE Exploring Precision Medicine curriculum was also launched."