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 achieves fifth straight year of record-breaking research funding
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UMaine’s MIRTA accelerator program welcomes four teams into 2024 cohort
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UMaine professor who helped college students better understand sexuality and family relationships retires
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U.S. capable of achieving seafood independence, new study shows
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USDA backs research into making sustainable jet fuel and fish feed from wood
Maine-eDNA News
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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
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Maine’s kelp forests and the impact of environmental change