New paper!💡 Amir Ohad developed this nifty setup to measure weak forces generated by freely moving plants, based on the deflection of a pendulum (straw from the cafeteria 😎), which does not require any tethering of the plant: academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Plant-obstacle interactions here we come!

💡Best way to learn electronics and ARDUINO for lab work?
🎨In an artist’s studio of course!
Inspired by her amazing work, students (and some brave PIs) joined artist & friend Liat Segal in her studio for a workshop on the basics.
Thanks @biosofttau.bsky.social for help funding!

Research in the lab..

Mechanical interactions between plants and surroundings plays a huge role in understanding how plants negotiate their environment - but measuring low forces of free plants is hard!

In this preprint Amir Ohad presents a new sensor - using a drinking straw!

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

FYI anyone interested in connections between art and science...
"Automorphy" is a new exhibition at Jerusalem Science Museum, focusing on "self design in nature, science and architecture". Cool talks on opening night May 6!