Vision
Make Maine a national leader in transformative environmental genetic research, innovation, outreach, and training for the sustainability and wellbeing of natural and human ecosystems and the people that depend on them.
Mission
Foster broad-based environmental genetics collaborations, partnerships, and infrastructure that contribute to the sustainability of current and future natural resource industries and agriculture, improve human health and wellbeing, and prepare a technologically skilled workforce.
Message from the Director
Welcome to the website of the Maine Center for Genetics and the Environment, or MCGE as we often call it. The Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment (MCGE) was formed in 2019 as a sustainability element of the NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 Maine-eDNA Program (NSF #OIA-1849227). The center was founded around a vision to make Maine a national leader in transformative environmental genetic research, innovation, outreach, and training for the sustainability and wellbeing of natural and human ecosystems and the people that depend on them. I like to say that environmental genetics is a scientific bridge…
Maine Research News
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UMaine celebrates launch of Maine Outdoor Recreation Economy Roadmap
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Economic contribution of snowmobiling slid last winter, study finds
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Extreme climate pushed thousands of lakes in West Greenland ‘across a tipping point,’ study finds
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UMaine-led team develops more holistic way to monitor lobster industry
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Students use UMaine Hess Lab to research universal treatment for flu virus
Maine-eDNA News
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Pairing eDNA and visual data to understand biodiversity along Maine’s coast
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Understanding river herring migration and diet in Maine’s rivers
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Understanding invasive species’ incursions into the Gulf of Maine
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From forests to fields: the transition from kelp to turf amidst climate change in the Gulf of Maine
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Investigating marine biology and developing as a researcher through environmental DNA