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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‘The Maine Question’ explores new frontiers for state’s space economy
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USDA NIFA awards $668K to UMaine researchers studying hay spoilage in alfalfa relative to grasses
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Ross Sousa: Using new tools to solve old problems on the farm
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New study to assess how biochar from Maine forest biomass can help wild blueberry farmers
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Wild turkeys adapt movement to Maine’s winter weather, UMaine study shows
Maine-eDNA News
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Maintaining Data on Maine-eDNA
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Maine-eDNA Introduces New EOD Project Manager
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Using eDNA to Understand Environment, Community, and Maine’s Marine Economy with Phoebe Jekielek
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The eDNA CORE Lab and Building Maine’s Research Capacity
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Building Methodologies and Exploring the Possibilities of Sedimentary Environmental DNA