Dr Anna Schulten
Postdoctoral Scientist![](https://www.jic.ac.uk/app/uploads/2020/04/Anna_2019-300x300.jpg)
The transcriptional repressor Flowering Locus C (FLC), which is involved in delaying flowering time, is epigenetically silenced by exposure to cold in a process called vernalization.
The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) as well as multiple PRC2 accessory proteins are required to switch FLC to a silenced state.
Using the well-explored FLC system in Arabidopsis, Anna is investigating the core events underlying epigenetic switching mechanisms.