In collaboration with the Staffan Persson Lab (Plant Science, UCPH), Guillermo Pescador (UCPH) and Alexander Rohrbach (Freiburg), we have developed a new label-free microscopy approach that detects intracellular dynamics in plant cells through light scattering. Using this method, we can reveal and quantify previously hidden diffusion dynamics of intracellular vesicles in plant roots.

We also study the biophysics of the plant cell surface using optical trapping and thermoplasmonics as manipulation tools. In particular, we investigate how membrane phase behavior, tension and membrane curvature shape the lateral distribution of proteins.

• Frontiers in Plant Science (2023). Ebrahimi et al.
• Food Chemistry (2026) Ebrahimi et al.