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 awarded $11.3 million from NIH to support biomedical research
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Study asks what personal and professional factors help mitigate teacher burnout
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Campbell receives over $1 million in NSF grants for polar research, education program
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Maine Spruce Budworm Task Force releases updated executive summary
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‘The Maine Question’ explores functionality of art on campus and beyond
Maine-eDNA News
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Building a Surveying Toolkit: eDNA and Traditional Observation Methods with Aaron Whitman
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Exploring Local Environments and the Research Process at University of Maine Farmington
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Maine EPSCoR Newsletter (Winter 2023)
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Detecting Harmful Algae Blooms in Maine’s Marine Environments with Sydney Greenlee
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The Emergence of Blue Crabs in Casco Bay with Brandon Henry