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At CEITEC Masaryk University, Anna Schulten focuses on plant epigenetics, particularly how plants retain information about environmental conditions and use it during their development. She investigates the molecular mechanisms that enable long-term regulation of gene activity without changing the DNA sequence itself. One example is the ability of plants to ‘remember’ exposure to winter cold, allowing them to flower at the right time in spring. Her research contributes to our understanding of how this molecular memory is established and maintained even after the original environmental stimulus has disappeared.
Anna Schulten studied biology at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, where she also obtained her PhD. She then worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Caroline Dean’s laboratory at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK. Since 2026, she has led the Plant Epigenetics & Memory research group at CEITEC.