Atef Asnacios

This paper introduces two mechanical setups to measure the elasto-viscoplastic properties of growing root hairs in Arabidopsis thaliana, confirming their axial stiffness and turgor pressure dependence.

This paper develops a novel protocol to measure root hair growth mechanics under force, validating the Lockhart viscoplastic model and estimating turgor pressure and cell wall viscosity in Arabidopsis.

The paper constructs a synthetic pectin-cellulose nanofiber capsule to mimic the mechanical properties of regenerating plant cell walls and finds that thickness-dependent stiffness is similar to natural walls.

This study shows that focal adhesion density remains constant across different cell sizes and geometries, adapting through changes in cell shape and contact area.

The paper shows that vimentin absence in glioblastoma cells affects nuclear mechanotransduction, DNA damage response, and cell survival under stress.

This study quantifies how cell shape influences cortical tension anisotropy by separating contributions from bundled and unbundled actin structures.