Geoffrey O. Wasteneys

Modelling Plant Cortical Microtubules: Curvature Sensing from Bending Energy

This paper models plant cortical microtubules to show how curvature sensing from bending energy influences their organization on complex surfaces, revealing new roles for proteins in navigating high-curvature edges.

TOR coordinates plant root growth via brassinosteroid-mediated regulation of the microtubule-associated protein CLASP in Arabidopsis

This paper shows TOR regulates plant root growth by modulating CLASP through brassinosteroid signaling, affecting microtubule dynamics and auxin transport to control cell division and differentiation.

Conflicting roles of cell geometry, microtubule deflection and orientation-dependent dynamic instability in cortical array organization

This paper uses computational modeling to show that cell geometry and orientation-dependent microtubule dynamics influence cortical microtubule array organization, with curvature and anchoring processes playing key roles.

Microtubule plus-end dynamics are tightly coupled to the turnover of the MOR1 polymerase

This study investigates MOR1's interaction with microtubule plus ends, showing its affinity for both growing and shrinking ends and its role in polymerization and depolymerization.