Vision
Make º£½ÇÉçÇø 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 º£½ÇÉçÇø Center for Genetics and the Environment, or MCGE as we often call it. The º£½ÇÉçÇø Center for Genetics in the Environment (MCGE) was formed in 2019 as a sustainability element of the NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 º£½ÇÉçÇø-eDNA Program (NSF #OIA-1849227). The center was founded around a vision to make º£½ÇÉçÇø 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…
º£½ÇÉçÇø Research News
- When low-level flames spread across five acres of forestland in Old Town one June afternoon, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø students Logan Quinn of Braintree, Massachusetts, and […]
- The State cited University of º£½ÇÉçÇø research in a story about forever chemicals found in South Carolina crops years after farms used contaminated sludge as […]
- Cape and Islands, a public radio station in Falmouth, Massachusetts, featured Joshua Stoll, associate professor of marine policy at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, in a […]
- Just outside the doors of Stearns Junior-Senior High School in Millinocket, º£½ÇÉçÇø, students and staff have access to world-class outdoor recreation opportunities: paddling, mountain biking, […]
- University of º£½ÇÉçÇø researchers have published new findings about how muscles form, why certain muscle diseases develop and why symptoms may not appear until years […]
- Researchers from the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Machias were featured at News Center º£½ÇÉçÇø for their work using clam-collecting boxes to study ways to reverse […]
- Imagine a small boat navigating a course on its own, avoiding obstacles, completing tasks and making real-time decisions without human control. Creating one is the […]
- Libraries play an important role in many communities, not only providing books and other materials to patrons, but also social services that help bring people […]
