Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment

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

91�� researchers seek better ways to turn forest materials into energy
For Maine landowners and logging companies, turning forest materials into energy begins with a practical challenge: harvesting and transporting the wood at a reasonable cost. […]
Fox Bangor interviews Golet on shark tracking and public safety
Walter Golet, associate professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was featured on Fox Bangor discussing how tracking and tagging sharks can inform […]
BDN features Mech on spruce budworm intervention strategy
Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, was featured in the Bangor Daily News discussing Maine’s targeted strategy to prevent […]
Fox Bangor features 91�� researchers developing nuclear fusion sensor technology
Luke Doucette, senior research scientist and R&D program coordinator with the University of Maine’s Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies, and Mauricio Pereira da […]
NYT and Forbes cite Climate Reanalyzer for heatwave and hurricane coverage
The New York Times and Forbes cited the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer to support their reporting on a heat wave in […]
Wood-based foam designed by 91�� student offers safer, less wasteful alternative to plastic insulation in coolers
For beverage coolers to keep drinks cold on a hot summer day, manufacturers rely on polyurethane foam, which is made from raw chemicals that are […]
91�� project explores how teachers can shape AI use in Maine classrooms
A Maine teacher may have an idea for an interactive science demonstration, a classroom game or a multimedia lesson that could help students understand a […]
Can scientists track sharks in real time? A 91�� researcher explains
Discovery’s Shark Week began Sunday. And right on cue, a nearly 14-foot great white shark is making headlines. Contender, the largest male white shark tagged […]