A new tool to study plant cell biomechanics
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 10:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have developed a new method that promises to shed light on single cell biomechanics -- by capturing individual cells in microscopic gel beads. The beads are no wider than a strand of hair, a mere sixty micrometers, but they allow researchers to manipulate the external environment of a single plant cell and study how the cell responds.