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Exploring Maine’s Tide Pool Ecology through 4-H SPIN Club
By Nhan Chau, Media Intern Introducing students to the breadth of different species in intertidal zones helps introduce young people to community science, stewardship, and the impact of invasive species […]
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Kati Corlew and Barracuda: The Art of Storytelling in Science
By Stefania Irene Marthakis Kati Corlew is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Faculty Coordinator of Civic Engagement at the University of Maine Augusta (UMA), Bangor campus. Corlew has also […]
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Using eDNA to Study Gray Seals with Julia Sunnarborg
By Nhan Chau, Media Intern & Daniel Timmermann For any species, it is helpful to have a wide range of traits in their genetic pool. This diversity helps them evolve […]
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INSPIRES & the RiSE Center Partnership: STEM is a Community Collective
By Stefania Irene Marthakis INSPIRES, an NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 grant that focuses on gathering, analyzing, and utilizing data collected from across the Northern Forest Region, has partnered with the […]
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Maine-eDNA Undergraduate Student Sydney Jackson Tests eDNA Sampling Methods
By Caty DuDevoir, Maine EPSCoR Media Intern Maintaining the natural state of an ecological community better informs future research and avoids disrupting the species that are present. Environmental DNA (eDNA) […]
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Maine’s Mysterious Marshlands Workshop with Heather Richard
By Daniel Timmermann In person STEM education has been difficult the past couple years. Due to restrictions, bringing students into a lab was not an option and outdoor programs are […]
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Maine EPSCoR Spring 2022 Newsletter
The Maine EPSCoR Spring 2022 Newsletter is out now. This newsletter covers some of the amazing work happening across Maine EPSCoR from new classes to partnerships and sampling efforts. We […]
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Developing Innovative Partnerships: How the Maine-eDNA program may impact Maine’s Department of Transportation
By Bhavana Scalia-Bruce and Marcella Silver Kinnison also works as the Director of the Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment (MCGE), which is a direct product of the Maine-eDNA […]
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A Living Legacy, How SEANET lives on through its innovations, discoveries, and past participants
By Marcella Silver In a variety of ways, January 2020 feels as if it were a lifetime ago. For many of those who participated in Maine EPSCoR’s previous Track-1 award, […]
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Maine-eDNA Students Make Headway on Sampling Index Sites Over the Summer
By Attis Bielecki, ME EPSCoR Student Writer EPSCoR’s Maine-eDNA program acts as a hub of research that is searching for the uses and limitations of environmental DNA (eDNA). Many graduate […]
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