Jasper Lamers

This paper introduces an open-source, low-cost device for applying precise mechanical stimuli to plant cells, enabling studies of mechanobiology.

This study shows that MpARF2 forms nanoclusters that enable high-affinity, switch-like, and sequence-specific DNA binding, distinct from monomeric or condensate-based mechanisms.

This study shows plant actin networks rapidly respond to mechanical cues, similar to animal cells, and function as mechano-adaptive scaffolds.

This study investigates the evolutionary diversification of plant actins, finding that actin copy number increases correlate with plant complexity and that functional distinctions are maintained through specific sequence changes.

The paper introduces LipoTag, a chemical motif that enables functional imaging of plant cell membranes by making hydrophobic fluorophores water-soluble and wall-permeable.

The paper identifies a conserved residue critical for proteolysis of B-class ARF MpARF2 and shows differential functional impact of degradation in A-class MpARF1.