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Exploring Fungal Communities and eDNA with Lucia Goldman
By Ilaria Bardini, Writing Intern Natural ecosystems, including Maine’s plants and forests, are increasingly being impacted by pollution and climate change. Mycorrhizal fungi, fungal communities that have often unseen symbiotic […]
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Using eDNA to Understanding Alewives Impact on Freshwater Communities
By Ilaria Bardini, Writing Intern Alewife, an anadromous species of herring, spawn in freshwater systems along the coast of Maine. As an ecologically, economically, and culturally significant fish, their decline […]
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Using 3D Printing to Expand Access to eDNA Research
By Evan Bartow, Writing Intern For some researchers, environmental DNA (eDNA) based research is limited and underutilized due to its, at least perceived, cost and ease of use. A major […]
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Building a Surveying Toolkit: eDNA and Traditional Observation Methods with Aaron Whitman
By Ilaria Bardini, Writing Intern Environmental DNA (eDNA) may be the answer for the detection and monitoring of vital species in the Gulf of Maine and freshwater systems. Across the […]
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Exploring Local Environments and the Research Process at University of Maine Farmington
By Evan Bartow, Writing Intern For undergraduate students, especially early in their academic career, field experience is often limited, but at University of Maine Farmington (UMF), faculty are working to […]
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Maine EPSCoR Newsletter (Winter 2023)
The latest Maine EPSCoR print newsletter is out now. This newsletter covers some of the amazing work researchers across both Maine and the state’s EPSCoR grants. Maine EPSCoR Newsletter March […]
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Climate Change Adaptation: The Bill Morphology of Tidal Marsh Sparrows Through Thermography
By Stefania Irene Marthakis and Mackenzie Roeder Saltmarshes (a.k.a. tidal marshes) are one of the most productive eco-systems on earth. As protectors of coastal landscapes and communities—that absorb flood waters […]
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Meet Maine-eDNA’s Research Coordinator, Karen James
By Daniel Timmermann In early 2022, Maine-eDNA brought on new research coordinator Karen James. This inclusion to the project will help Maine-eDNA coordinate the grant’s vast amount of work happening […]
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Mind the Gap: Ecology, evolution, and the impact of humans on the natural world
By Stefania Irene Marthakis The poet Charles Baudelaire defined modernity as “the ephemeral, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art whose other half is the eternal and the immutable.” […]
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Forest Bioproducts Research Institute
By Daniel Timmermann The University of Maine is home to a number of prestigious research centers and institutes working on the cutting edge of their research fields. Many were developed […]
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