The cell wall has long been acknowledged as an important physical mediator of growth in plants. Recent experimental and modelling work has brought the importance of cell wall mechanics into the forefront again. These data have challenged existing dogmas that relate cell wall structure to cell/organ growth, that uncouple elasticity from extensibility, and those which treat the cell wall as a pas...

Abstract General anaesthetics are widely used for their analgesic, immobilising, and hypnotic effects. The mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear, but likely arise from alterations to cell microstructure, potentially mechanics. Here we investigate this hypothesis using a custom experimental setup combining calcium imaging nanoindentation quantify the firing activity mechanical prope...

With recent advances in cell and molecular biology, biomechanics and bioengineering, many researchers in the mechanics and materials field are performing experimental and modeling studies of cell and biomolecular mechanics. The behavior of cells and tissues as complex biological systems is a result of integrated and regulated interactions among many components such as cell cytoskeleton, extrace...