By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Ian Birchler De Allende is a University of Maine undergraduate Marine Science student who conducts research for the Maine-eDNA program, under his advisor, Dr. Erin Grey, who is an assistant professor of aquatic genetics in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. Birchler De […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Gerard Zegers is a Biology Professor at the University of Maine at Machias who conducts his research under the Maine-eDNA program. With his PhD in Biology, Zegers leads a group of undergraduate and graduate students, serving as an advisor and instructor for these students as well. His role […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer David Emerson is a senior researcher and Co-PI on Maine EPSCoR’s Maine-eDNA program who focuses on geomicrobiology. He obtained his Ph.D. in microbiology from Cornell University and he conducts his research at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. Emerson draws from a lot of experience; both in field […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Kate Beard is a professor in the School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine as well as a Co-PI on the Maine EPSCoR Track-1 grant, Maine-eDNA. She received her PhD in Geographic information systems (GIS) at the University of Wisconsin. This background is very […]
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Maine’s iconic coastline is one element of a complex macrosystem linking inland lakes and rivers to the sea through watersheds, estuaries, and nearshore coastal waters to the open Gulf of Maine. The overarching hypothesis of Maine-eDNA is that we can transform our understanding of the ecological dynamics and sustainability of Maine’s coastal macrosystem through innovations […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Grayson Huston is graduate student studying in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. He works on the Maine-eDNA program under his advisors Dr. Michael Kinnison, a Professor of Evolutionary Applications and Maine-eDNA Co-PI, and Dr. Jasmine Saros, a Professor of Paleolimnology and Lake […]
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By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer Samantha (Sam) Silverbrand is a second-year master’s student in Marine Biology within the University of Maine’s Marine Sciences program. She works under her advisor, Dr. Michael Kinnison, in his lab where work relating to molecular biology takes place. This is also where she conducts her research for the […]
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. eDNA samples need to […]
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. As part of the […]
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The Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) is pleased to announce, as part of the NSF EPSCoR RII Track 1 award Molecule to Ecosystem: Environmental DNA as a Nexus of Coastal Ecosystem Sustainability for Maine (Maine-eDNA), a second call for proposals for the Undergraduate Curriculum Innovations seed grant program. This program aims […]
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