Our work on the mechanoresponsiveness of actin is out! While plant microtubules have been extensively studied for their role in mechanobiology, actin has very much been ignored. Here we show that actin responds to cellular deformations within minutes and observed it in Marchantia and Arabidopsis!

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · last mo.

Plant actin networks are rapid mechano-adaptive scaffolds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.16.738884v1

🧪🌾Researcher portrait: Meet @jalonsos.bsky.social 🌍 How do changes in water become signals that guide plant growth? In our new portrait, Juan talks about water movement, meristems, tree “heartbeats”, and why plants can be seen as teachers. Read the portrait here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Don't forget the next MechanoBioTalks episode tomorrow at 2 PM CET: Benoit Landrein (RDP Lyon) will speak about mechanical control of seed morphogenesis! For more info and registration: green-te.nl/activities/

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New episode of the MechanoBioTalks webinar tomorrow! To join us, register here green-te.nl/activities/

Green-TE@green-te.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On 22 april at 2 PM CET, the MechnoBioTalks webinar series will continue with Michael Nash. His research focuses on engineering the mechanical properties of biomolecules with highly interdisciplinary research, combining single-molecule biophysics, molecular modelling, and high-throughput screening.

Working with amazing people in an amazing place @johninnescentre.bsky.social , and getting to see hundreds of these videos was already beyond my wildest dreams... Now surprised and happy to see that the wave of calcium joy keeps travelling! :)

Pablo J. Sáez@pjsaez.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is why we love #CalciumSignaling Look how mechanical damage triggers long range Ca2+ waves in this plant !! By @annalisabellandi.bsky.social, who is now around here ;) Full www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org #microscopy #cell #mechanobiology 🧪🔬

A new webinar series is born - ''MechanoBioTalks - Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter", to bring together and inspire researchers interested in biomechanics, biophysics and biology across different kingdoms of life. Join us! For info and registration visit green-te.nl/activities/

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Activities Webinars ”MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter” is a webinar series supported by the GreenTE consortium and organized […]

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