Oak tree demethylation paper accepted!

New Research accepted for publication, with four undergraduates as co-authors! "Experimental DNA demethylation associates with changes in phenotype and gene expression of tree seedlings" is set to be published in G3. Rachel and her undergraduate intern Eric contributed to the work by analyzing the bacterial, archael, and fungal microbiomes of the soil that control and treatment oak plants were grown in. The treatment was a demethylation chemical. The plants and soil were doused in it daily for months and the phenotypic effects on oak morphology and gene expression were measured. We checked that the changes we observed weren't caused by some indirect change in the soil microbiome because it was also subjected to the chemical.