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Olivier Hamant is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work spans subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Mechanical Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics cover areas including Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Tree Root and Stability Studies, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, and Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics.

Olivier Hamant has contributed publications to several scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Current Biology
  • Quantitative Plant Biology

Their recent significant papers include:

  • How Mechanical Forces Shape Plant Organs, 2021, Current Biology
  • Fluctuations shape plants through proprioception, 2021, Science
  • Robust organ size requires robust timing of initiation orchestrated by focused auxin and cytokinin signalling, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Cortical tension overrides geometrical cues to orient microtubules in confined protoplasts, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mechanochemical feedback mediates tissue bending required for seedling emergence, 2021, Current Biology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Adrienne Roeder, Duy-Chi Trinh, Christophe Tréhin, Arezki Boudaoud, and Keiko Sugimoto.

Best Publications

  • Developmental Patterning by Mechanical Signals in Arabidopsis

    Olivier Hamant;Marcus G. Heisler;Henrik Jönsson;Pawel Krupinski

  • FibrilTool, an ImageJ plug-in to quantify fibrillar structures in raw microscopy images

    Arezki Boudaoud;Agata Burian;Dorota Borowska-Wykręt;Magalie Uyttewaal

  • Mechanical stress acts via katanin to amplify differences in growth rate between adjacent cells in Arabidopsis.

    Magalie Uyttewaal;Agata Burian;Karen Alim;Benoi T. Landrein;Benoi T. Landrein

  • Alignment between PIN1 polarity and microtubule orientation in the shoot apical meristem reveals a tight coupling between morphogenesis and auxin transport.

    Marcus G. B. Heisler;Olivier Hamant;Pawel Krupinski;Magalie Uyttewaal

  • Subcellular and supracellular mechanical stress prescribes cytoskeleton behavior in Arabidopsis cotyledon pavement cells

    Arun Sampathkumar;Pawel Krupinski;Raymond Wightman;Pascale Milani

  • Are microtubules tension sensors

    Olivier Hamant;Daisuke Inoue;David Bouchez;Jacques Dumais

  • A Mechanical Feedback Restricts Sepal Growth and Shape in Arabidopsis

    Nathan Hervieux;Mathilde Dumond;Aleksandra Sapala;Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska

  • KNAT6: An Arabidopsis Homeobox Gene Involved in Meristem Activity and Organ Separation

    Enric Belles-Boix;Olivier Hamant;Sarah Melissa Witiak;Halima Morin

  • In vivo analysis of local wall stiffness at the shoot apical meristem in Arabidopsis using atomic force microscopy.

    Pascale Milani;Maryam Gholamirad;Jan Traas;Alain Arnéodo

  • Genetics of meiotic prophase I in plants.

    Olivier Hamant;Hong Ma;W. Zacheus Cande

  • The Role of Mechanical Forces in Plant Morphogenesis

    Vincent Mirabet;Pradeep Das;Arezki Boudaoud;Olivier Hamant

  • The mechanics behind plant development

    Olivier Hamant;Jan Traas

  • Cell division plane orientation based on tensile stress in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Marion Louveaux;Marion Louveaux;Jean-Daniel Julien;Jean-Daniel Julien;Vincent Mirabet;Vincent Mirabet;Arezki Boudaoud;Arezki Boudaoud

  • Variable Cell Growth Yields Reproducible Organ Development through Spatiotemporal Averaging

    Lilan Hong;Mathilde Dumond;Satoru Tsugawa;Aleksandra Sapala

  • Alleles of afd1 dissect REC8 functions during meiotic prophase I.

    Inna N. Golubovskaya;Olivier Hamant;Ljuda Timofejeva;Chung-Ju Rachel Wang

  • Plant development: a TALE story.

    Olivier Hamant;Véronique Pautot

  • KNAT2 : Evidence for a Link between Knotted-like Genes and Carpel Development

    Véronique Pautot;Jan Dockx;Olivier Hamant;Jocelyne Kronenberger

  • How mechanical stress controls microtubule behavior and morphogenesis in plants: history, experiments and revisited theories.

    Benoît Landrein;Olivier Hamant;Olivier Hamant

  • Why plants make puzzle cells, and how their shape emerges

    Aleksandra Sapala;Adam Runions;Adam Runions;Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska;Mainak Das Gupta;Mainak Das Gupta

  • Author response: Subcellular and supracellular mechanical stress prescribes cytoskeleton behavior in Arabidopsis cotyledon pavement cells

    Arun Sampathkumar;Arun Sampathkumar;Pawel Krupinski;Raymond Wightman;Pascale Milani

Frequent Co-Authors

Arezki Boudaoud
Arezki Boudaoud École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Jan Traas
Jan Traas École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Henrik Jönsson
Henrik Jönsson University of Cambridge
Elliot M. Meyerowitz
Elliot M. Meyerowitz California Institute of Technology
Richard S. Smith
Richard S. Smith Laurentian University
Christophe Godin
Christophe Godin École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Teva Vernoux
Teva Vernoux École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
W. Zacheus Cande
W. Zacheus Cande University of California, Berkeley
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich
Rishikesh P. Bhalerao
Rishikesh P. Bhalerao Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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