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The Molecular Ecology Laboratory at the USGS Alaska Science Center is a state-of-the-art molecular genetics lab providing genetic capabilities for the wide range of science needs of the Department of the Interior nationally as well as on trust species and resources in Alaska. 

Eight staff members of the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Lab. Six women and two men with USGS logo on wall.
Staff of the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Lab, September 2022.  From left to right: Ann Riddle-Bernsten (Biologist), Bobbi Pierson (Lab Manager and Geneticist), Laura Scott (Geneticist), Eleni Petrou (Geneticist), Christina Ahlstrom (Geneticist), Cherie McKeeman (Geneticist), Damian Menning (Research Geneticist), and Andy Ramey (Lab Director and Research Geneticist).