Collective intercellular communication through ultra-fast hydrodynamic trigger waves
A. Mathijssen, J. Culver, M. S. Bhamla, M. Prakash
This paper discovers ultra-fast hydrodynamic trigger waves in Spirostomum ambiguum that enable long-range intercellular communication through vortex flows and mechanosensitive ion channels.
bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2018Biophysics