Mastodawn

🥱 Oh joy, yet another mind-numbingly dull piece from #Quanta about how plant cells are secretly hosting mini math raves. 🌿🕺 Just what we needed—a deep dive into cellular calculus while we patiently await the next thrilling podcast on #photosynthesis. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-mathematical-dance-inside-plant-cells-20260504/ #plantcells #mathraves #cellularcalculus #HackerNews #ngated

The Hidden Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells | Quanta Magazine

The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without sustaining damage from dangerously intense rays.

Quanta Magazine

Hacker News May 7

The Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-mathematical-dance-inside-plant-cells-20260504/

#HackerNews #Mathematics #PlantCells #Science #Nature #Bioinformatics

The Hidden Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells | Quanta Magazine

The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without sustaining damage from dangerously intense rays.

Quanta Magazine

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Jocelyn Etienne Aug 10, 2025

Pushing until it buckles.

#plantCell #plantCells #root #growth #plantGrowth

@Co_Biologists Jul 30, 2025

Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales Workshop.

Application deadline: 15 August 2025

Find out more: https://www.biologists.com/workshops/february-2026-2/

#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells

@Co_Biologists Jun 30, 2025

Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales'.

https://www.biologists.com/workshops/february-2026-2/

Application deadline: Friday 15 August 2025

#Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #Workshop #Plants #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells

Hacker News Apr 5, 2025

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-scientists-witness-cells-generate-cellulose.html

#HackerNews #scientists #plantcells #cellulose #cellwalls #biotechnology

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls for the first time

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over 24 hours with living plant cells, providing critical insights that may lead to the development of more robust plants for increased food and lower-cost biofuels production.

Phys.org

Patrick Chadwick Jan 24, 2025

A cool looking slender springtail feeding on a hydrangea flower anther. I filmed this one in my garden last summer. If you look closely you can see the individual plant cells!

#springtail #plantcells #anther #macro #Scotland #naturelovers #wildlife #animal #feeding #nature #filmmaker #documentary #wild #flower

ScienceActually Oct 9, 2024

Boron is essential for plants because it helps form and maintain the structure of pectin, a carbohydrate that holds plant cell walls together.

#science #sciencefacts #boron #plantcells

RIBES Mar 28, 2024

Among the awardees of the 2023 NWO gravitation programme is the project GreenTE: Green Tissue Engineering 🌿🎉 🧪
Jian Xu of Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES) is one of the participating researchers. The project is aimed at developing more knowledge about how #plantcells perceive #mechanicalforces, such as those from #stresses and #pathogens. Read more on our website! https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/gravitation-grant-for-greente-green-tissue-engineering

Gravitation grant for GreenTE: Green Tissue Engineering | Radboud University

Among the awardees of the 2023 NWO gravitation programme is the project GreenTE: Green Tissue Engineering, for which Jian Xu (RIBES) is one of the co-applicants. Read more about the project on this page.