Previous Events
On May 2nd and 3rd, students of Year 11 and 12 from Brasílio Machado State School visited the campus of Mackenzie Presbyterian University, where they had the opportunity to know some professionals from Amgen Brazil and experience training in Laboratory 1 of the Amgen Biotech Experience program.
During their stay on campus, which lasted from 9 am to 3 pm, students were able to experience a brief tour of the most important buildings on campus and learn a little about the history of the university.
During the visit by professionals from Amgen Brazil, the students had the opportunity to talk to the staff team of Amgen Brazil and learn more about the company that sponsors the ABE project. They were able to ask questions, learn more about the different positions in the company, and understand more about the pharmaceutical industry, in addition to exploring the various job opportunities that this sector offers.
They were also able to experience the complete training of Chapter 1 of the ABE program, performing micropipetting experiments, learning how to handle micropipettes with excellence, preparing the agarose gel and, later, conducting an electrophoresis and observing its results.
It was two days of great experience, fun and learning for everyone involved. This event officially inaugurates the beginning of ABE Brazil's activities with students, being the first biotechnology experience offered by ABE Brazil to high school students. Thus, a cycle of great success and new experiences begins.
Students learning how to manage a micropipette
With the goal of creating an interdisciplinary project on biotechnology in their school, Alexandre Lima (History teacher), Aparecido de Souza (Math teacher), Cícero Filho (Sociology teacher), Fernanda Duarte (P.E. teacher), and Francisco Cabral (Chemistry teacher) from the Brasílio Machado State School in São Paulo visited Mackenzie University to learn more about the Amgen Biotech Experience Program.
Some of the teachers had never been in a laboratory environment, which made the whole experience very exciting for them. They all showed big interests in learning how to work with a micropipette and prepare a gel electrophoresis and, also, to understand the biotechnology concepts that were introduced during this professional development event.
Cícero Filho pipetting into a well
Francisco is a chemistry teacher at the Brasilio Machado State School, located in São Paulo. He accepted our invitation to visit Mackenzie University and learn about the Amgen Biotech Experience Program and loved the experience, learning how to work with micropipettes and perform gel electrophoresis.
He kindly invited other teachers at his school to participate in a continuing education event so that we could support them in creating an interdisciplinary project on biotechnology.
