Live confocal imaging of cellular touch responses upon local quantifiable mechanical stimulation in plant cells
Annalisa Bellandi, Claire Lionnet, Denise Soledad Arico, N. German, Martin O. Lenz, Charlotte Kirchhelle, Isabelle Fobis‐Loisy, Olivier Hamant
This paper develops a system to apply quantifiable mechanical stress to plant cells and observe their responses using confocal imaging, aiming to uncover molecular mechanisms of touch response.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology