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Clint Heijstek

Wageningen University & ResearchORCID 0009-0007-0567-664XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biochemistry· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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Adrie H. WestphaliD· 1 shared Ana PotocnikiD· 1 shared Anna Daamen· 1 shared Annalisa BellandiiD· 1 shared Balwina KoopaliD· 1 shared Cecilia BorassiiD· 1 shared Daan C. SwartsiD· 1 shared Giada FinocchioiD· 1 shared

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 13, 2026

Plant Acupuncture: a low-cost and open-source device for local mechanical stimulation

Anna Daamen, Annalisa Bellandi, Maarten Besten…·Joris H. B. Sprakel

This paper introduces an open-source, low-cost device for applying precise mechanical stimuli to plant cells, enabling studies of mechanobiology.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.10.750389

plant (other)experimental assay

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BiochemistryNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewedDec 19, 2023

Target DNA-dependent activation mechanism of the prokaryotic immune system SPARTA

Giada Finocchio, Balwina Koopal, Ana Potocnik…·Daan C. Swarts

This study reveals how SPARTA, a prokaryotic immune system, is activated by target DNA through structural changes that enable oligomerization and catalytic activity.

20 citations

structural biologyexperimental assay

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