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
-
University of Maine System to accelerate workforce and small business development with federal funding secured by Sens. Collins and King
-
Through sweet sampling across states, UMaine-led research aims to help maple industry tap new markets
-
Spring into science with return of Maine Big Night
-
UMaine researchers aim to recycle wind turbine blades as 3D printing material
-
Twice annual time change should stop, say most Mainers surveyed by University of Maine researchers
Maine-eDNA News
-
Maine’s kelp forests and the impact of environmental change
-
White Shark Migration and Taking Part in the Research Process with Patrick Tardie
-
Biodiversity Beneath the Surface: Étaín Cullen’s Exploration of Chytrids and Thraustochytrids
-
Congratulations to Maine-eDNA Summer Internship Cohort
-
Understanding Squid and Food Chain Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine