Annalisa Bellandi

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.

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 plasmodesmal closure triggers stress responses in plants, including gene expression changes and altered susceptibility to pathogens.

This paper identifies the lectin domain of LecRK-I.9 as responsible for creating persistent plasma membrane-cell wall connections in plants under water stress.