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Chris LageI'm a graduate student in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine & a research assistant in the lab of Dr. Irv Kornfield, a professor of Biological Sciences. The Kornfield lab is involved with many projects using molecular techiques to answer basic biological questions. My current research involves the use of genetics to investigate the population biology of marine organisms in the Gulf of Maine.  Image & video link  to below picture obtained from http://oracle.er.usgs.gov/GoMaine/.Gulf of Maine Video Link (may take a few minutes to load)
Population level projects which I am working on include investigations of stock structuring of commercially important marine fish in the Northwest Atlantic such as haddock and Atlantic salmon.  Our laboratory is currently evaluating kinship among finback whales in the Gulf of Maine using DNA markers and has provided fundamental insights into the population biology of many other marine species from herring to lobster.
University of Maine Molecular Forensics Laboratory LinkIn an effort to aid the Maine Inland Fish & Wildlife Service, Dr. Kornfield has established the Univerity of Maine Molecular Forensics Laboratory which is used to provide DNA analyses in wildlife cases involving forensic identitification of game.  In addition, our lab is investigating population structuring among deer and moose populations throughout New England.
Cumean Page LinkEvolutionary projects include the molecular reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships using DNA sequence data. Such investigations include the phylogenetic reconstruction of a family of crustaceans called cumaceans and the use of microsatellite markers to gain insight into the rapid speciation of East African cichlids.
Peter Smith's Cichlid Page Link
 
 
 
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