Association for Biology Laboratory Education

Improving the undergraduate biology laboratory experience by promoting the development and dissemination of interesting, innovative, and reliable laboratory exercises

ABLE Updates

ABLE 2025

Save the date for ABLE 2025 in Winnipeg, Canada June 24-28!


Call for Proposals: ABLE 2025

The ABLE Majors Workshop Committee invites you to submit an application to present a Major Workshop at the 2025 ABLE conference, June 24-28, at the University of Manitoba. Major Workshop applications are due by October 31, 2024.

You can read more about major workshops, guidelines for preparation and submission of a proposal, and other information here.


Latest Volume

Advances in Biology Laboratory Education, publication of the 44th Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), June 27-30, 2023 - cover image with ABLE 2023 logo from UC San Diego

Volume 44 of our annual publication, Advances in Biology Laboratory Education, was released in June 2024 (members only). Review all the great lab activities presented at ABLE 2023. Volume 42 and prior are now publicly available!

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#TBT What was your favorite memory of ABLE 2023? Check back on workshops you attended by accessing Volume 44 www.ableweb.org/volumes/volume-44/ Become a member to access today! ... See MoreSee Less
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Long time ABLE member Mark Walvoord recently went to the Galileo Museum in Florence, Italy. He wonders if Italian laboratory students in the 1700’s had trouble with coarse/fine focus, got excited about air bubbles, and marveled at their eyelashes? Need help with your 21st century students? Check out an ABLE lab on microscopes! Train Your Lab Instructors for Basic Microscope Troubleshooting and Preparation!Lori Ann RoseTested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 2013, Volume 34 www.ableweb.org/biologylabs/wp-content/uploads/volumes/vol-34/38_Rose.pdf ... See MoreSee Less
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