Sulin Zhang

The paper models plant cell wall creep as microfibril sliding, showing how localized defects and stress influence deformation mechanisms and structural integrity.

This study shows static mechanical stretch causes collective alignment of C2C12 myoblasts, with dense cultures aligning more robustly than sparse ones due to cellular forces and intercellular interactions.

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.

The paper uses single-cell imaging to show phenotypic sorting and bet-hedging in Vibrio cholerae biofilms through c-di-GMP level differences.