The role and importance of mechanical properties of cells and tissues in cellular function,
development and disease has widely been acknowledged, however standard techniques …

Cell walls are highly dynamic structures that provide mechanical support for plant cells
during growth, development and adaptation to a changing environment. Thus, it is important …

The mechanical properties of cells influence their cellular and subcellular functions,
including cell adhesion, migration, polarization, and differentiation, as well as organelle …

Rho guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) are master regulators of cell signaling, but how
they are regulated depending on the cellular context is unclear. We found that the …

Plant cells can be distinguished from animal cells by their cell walls and high-turgor
pressure. Although changes in turgor and the stiffness of cell walls seem coordinated, we …

During animal development, cell-fate-specific changes in gene expression can modify the
material properties of a tissue and drive tissue morphogenesis. While mechanistic insights …

Brillouin microscopy is a technique for mechanical characterization of biological material
without contact at high three-dimensional resolution. Here, we introduce dual line-scanning …

Cancer development and progression are closely associated with changes both in the
mechano-cellular phenotype of cancer and stromal cells and in the extracellular matrix …

Many important biological functions and processes are reflected in cell and tissue
mechanical properties such as elasticity and viscosity. However, current techniques used for …

Brillouin spectroscopy and imaging are emerging techniques in analytical science,
biophotonics, and biomedicine. They are based on Brillouin light scattering from acoustic …