Plant and Fungal Physics I

Presentations

• Uncovering the Mechanical Tricks of Plants

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Moulton, D.E., Oliveri, H. and Goriely, A., 2020. Multiscale integration of environmental stimuli in plant tropism produces complex behaviors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(51), pp.32226-32237.
  Moulton, D.E., Oliveri, H., Goriely, A. and Thorogood, C.J., 2023. Mechanics reveals the role of peristome geometry in prey capture in carnivorous pitcher plants (Nepenthes). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(38), p.e2306268120.
  Box, F., Moulton, D.E., Vella, D., Bhagotra, Y., Lowe, T., Goriely, A. and Thorogood, C.J., 2024. Uncovering the mechanical secrets of the squirting cucumber. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(50), p.e2410420121.
  Hofhuis, H., Moulton, D., Lessinnes, T., Routier-Kierzkowska, A.L., Bomphrey, R.J., Mosca, G., Reinhardt, H., Sarchet, P., Gan, X., Tsiantis, M. and Ventikos, Y., 2016. Morphomechanical innovation drives explosive seed dispersal. Cell, 166(1), pp.222-233.

  Presenters

  • Derek Moulton

    • University of Oxford

  Authors

  • Derek Moulton

    • University of Oxford

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• Can force Generation in plant cells be predicted with Lockhart's Law?

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0204

  Presenters

  • Antonio Mosciatti Jofré

    • Université Paris Cité

  Authors

  • Antonio Mosciatti Jofré

    • Université Paris Cité

  • Weiyuan Kong

  • David Pereira

  • Thierry Savy

  • Etienne Couturier

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• Epidermal Cell Lobe Formation Occurs via Cell Wall Wrinkling

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Sam Banks

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Sam Banks

    • Yale University

  • Alexander Morand

    • Yale University

  • Adam Roddy

  • Mark D Shattuck

    • The City College of New York

  • Corey O'Hern

    • Yale University

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• Mesophyll Development in 3D: Pressure, Plasticity, and Porosity

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Arthur MacKeith

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Arthur MacKeith

    • Yale University

  • Sam Banks

  • Adam Roddy

  • Mark D Shattuck

    • The City College of New York

  • Corey OHern

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• Tissue Architecture Tunes Active Chloroplast Positioning in Plants

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Maziyar Jalaal

    • University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Maziyar Jalaal

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Nico Schramma

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Isabelle Eisenmann

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Ieva Gudelytė

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• Mechanics of radial proliferation in plant roots

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Dylan Fitzmaurice

    • New York University

  Authors

  • Dylan Fitzmaurice

    • New York University

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• Computational analyses of the structure of epidermal tissues in plants

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexander Morand

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Alexander Morand

    • Yale University

  • Sam Banks

    • Yale University

  • Mark D Shattuck

    • The City College of New York

  • Corey OHern

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• Control of rice root circumnutation revealed by direct cell-scale simulation

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Aradhya Rajanala

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Aradhya Rajanala

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Mao Kobayashi

  • Madison Hales

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Christopher Pierce

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Medhavinee Mijar

  • Mingyuan Zhu

  • Daniel Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Dissecting the root-fungal interface in 3D reveals spatially distinct signalling landscapes

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Syona Thomas

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  Authors

  • Syona Thomas

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  • M Sreepadmanabh

  • Vidha Srivastava

  • Abhirami Puzhakkal

  • Tapomoy Bhattacharjee

    • National Centre For Biological Sciences (TIFR)

  • Amey Redkar

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• Whole-plant hydraulics as a regulator of systemic signaling and stress response

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Israel Gabay

    • Cornell Univesity

  Authors

  • Israel Gabay

    • Cornell Univesity

  • Vesna Bacheva

    • Cornell University

  • Muzhi Jiang

  • Abraham Stroock

    • Cornell University

  • Margaret Frank

    • Cornell University

  • Jesse Woodson

  • Weiwei Chen

  • Nathaniel Ponvert

  • Sahil Desai

    • Cornell University

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• Investigating Mechanisms of Cytoplasmic Flow in Hyphal Growth

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Maxim Ohairwe Ermoshkin

    • New York University

  Authors

  • Maxim Ohairwe Ermoshkin

    • New York University

  • Enrique Rojas

    • New York University

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• Liverwort Gemmae Interact as Capillary Multipoles

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • June Han

    • Williams College

  Authors

  • June Han

    • Williams College

  • Katie Nath

    • Williams College

  • Anneliese Silveyra

    • Williams College

  • Alex Kim

    • Williams College

  • Caroline Tally

    • Williams College

  • James Fortin

  • Sophia Millay

    • Williams College

  • Beatrice Pedroni

  • Mariem Sayahi

    • Williams College

  • Benjamin Wang

  • Sydney Eyestone

  • Killian Reilly

  • Ahmed Moussa

  • Katharine Jensen

    • Williams College

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