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 scientists use eDNA to enhance river herring recovery research in Penobscot River
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‘The Maine Question’ asks if Maine become a global pioneer in renewable energy and infrastructure
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Family channels grief into gift to support UMaine’s hazing prevention research
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State’s research community to gather at UMaine’s second annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering
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UMaine leading development of new state-of-the-art tool for tracking PFAS nationwide
Maine-eDNA News
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White Shark Migration and Taking Part in the Research Process with Patrick Tardie
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Biodiversity Beneath the Surface: Étaín Cullen’s Exploration of Chytrids and Thraustochytrids
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Congratulations to Maine-eDNA Summer Internship Cohort
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Understanding Squid and Food Chain Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine
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Investigating Harmful Algae Blooms with Robin Sleith