Conferences

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Bidhendi, A. J. *, Chebli, Y. and Geitmann, A. Live fluorescence labeling of the primary plant cell wall polysaccharides. Poster in: Plant Biology 2020 Virtual World Summit. July 27-31.
Bidhendi, A. J. *, Chebli, Y. and Geitmann, A. Live fluorescence visualization of cellulose and pectin in the primary plant cell wall. Oral presentation in: Microscopical Society of Canada Virtual Symposium. June 2-5.
Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B., Zamil, M., Gosselin, F. P. and Geitmann, A.* Quite a puzzle – how the plant leaf epidermis prevents tear damage. Oral presentation in: Physics and Biology of Plant Growth. Ein Gedi, Israel. Conference rescheduled. March 30-April.
Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B., Zamil, M., Gosselin, F. P. and Geitmann, A.* Force, form and function – Morphogenesis and structure of the plant leaf epidermis. Oral presentation in: Comparative Morphogenesis Between Plants and Animals: The Role of Mechanical Signals. Les Treilles, France. February 17-22.

Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B., Zamil, M., Gosselin, F. P. and Geitmann, A.* Wavy cell shape design protects the plant leaf epidermis from tear damage. Oral presentation in: 8th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues. Waikoloa Beach, HI, USA. December 15-19.
Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B., Zamil, M., Gosselin, F. P. and Geitmann, A*. Wavy cell shapes protect the epidermis from tear damage. Oral presentation in: XV Cell Wall Meeting. Cambridge, UK. July 7-12.
Altartouri, B., Bidhendi, A. J. and Geitmann, A.* A multi-step morphogenetic process governs pavement cell shaping in the leaf epidermis. Poster in: Plant Biology 2019 – Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists. San José, CA, USA. July 2-7.
Altartouri, B., Bidhendi, A. J., Suzuki, J., Tani, T., Scarcelli, G. and Geitmann, A.* Spatio- temporal variation in the expansion pattern of the cell wall regulates pavement cell morphogenesis in the leaf epidermis. Oral presentation in: Botanical Microscopy Meeting. Oxford Brookes University, UK. April 14-18.

Bidhendi, A. J.*, Altartouri, B., Zamil, M., Gosselin, F. P. and Geitmann, A. Damage control by geometry – fracture toughness of plant tissues determined by the cell shape. Oral presentation in: 9th International Plant Biomechanics Conference. Montreal. August 9-14.
Altartouri, B., Bidhendi, A. J.*, Tani, T., Scarcelli, G. and Geitmann, A. The expansion pattern of Arabidopsis pavement cells is determined by the mechanical properties of the cell wall. Poster in: Plant Biology 2018. Montreal. July 14-18.
Bidhendi, A. J.*, Altartouri, B., Zamil, M., Gosselin, F. P. and Geitmann, A. Tear resistance of plant tissues: how cell geometry in the leaf epidermis affects the failure pattern upon mechanical stress. Oral presentation in: Plant Biology 2018. Montreal. July 14-18.
Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B. and Geitmann, A.* Complex cellular morphogenesis in Arabidopsis is controlled by a two-step, feedback-controlled mechanism. Oral presentation in: Cell Wall Research Conference. Asilomar, CA. June 18-22.

Altartouri, B.*, Bidhendi, A. J., Tani, T., Scarcelli, G. and Geitmann, A. The expansion pattern of Arabidopsis pavement cells is determined by the mechanical properties of the cell wall. Oral presentation in: Eastern Regional Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists. Montreal. November 24-25.
Bidhendi, A. J.*, Altartouri, B., Zamil, M. and Geitmann, A. Effect of cell shape and growth orientation on mechanics of the epidermis. Oral presentation in: Eastern Regional Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists. Montreal. November 24-25.
Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B. and Geitmann, A.* Mechanics of complex cell shape formation in plants. Oral presentation in: Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists. Vancouver. July 4-7.
Bidhendi, A. J.* and Geitmann, A. Effect of cell shape on mechanics of the epidermis. Oral presentation in: Annual Meeting of the Microscopical Society of Canada. Montreal. May 9-12.

Bidhendi, A. J.* and Geitmann, A. Mechanics and imaging of fungal spore wall. Oral presentation in: Multiscale Modeling of Cell Wall Mechanics and Growth in Walled Cells Workshop. Banff International Research Center. October 18-23.
Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B. and Geitmann, A.* Morphogenesis of jigsaw-puzzle shaped leaf pavement cells. Oral presentation in: Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America and Plant Canada. Edmonton. July 26-30.
Bidhendi, A. J., Altartouri, B. and Geitmann, A.* Morphogenesis of complex cell shapes: cellulose controls cellular expansion. Oral presentation in: Gordon Research Conference on Plant Cell Walls. Waltham, MA, USA. July 12-17.
Bidhendi, A. J.* and Geitmann, A. Mechanics of wavy shape formation in pavement cells. Oral presentation in: 42^nd annual meeting of Microscopical Society of Canada. Hamilton. May 26-29.

Bidhendi, A. J.* and Geitmann, A. Mechanics of interdigitating morphogenesis in leaf pavement cells. Oral presentation in: Montreal Plant Meeting. Montreal. November 15.

Bidhendi, A. J.*, Arpin, P. and Geitmann, A. Mechanics of fungal spore wall. Oral presentation in: EMBO Practical Course on Multilevel Modelling of Morphogenesis. Norwich Research Park, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK. July 14-26.
Tanska, P.*, Bidhendi, A. J., Mononen, M. and Korhonen, R. K. Importance of split-lines of cartilage and collagen fibrils in the pericellular matrix on cell deformations in a knee joint. Oral presentation in: 11^th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. April 3-7.

Bidhendi, A. J.*, Arpin, P., Roy-Arcand, L. and Geitmann, A. Biochemical and biomechanical properties of fungal spore walls. Oral presentation in: 7^th Plant Biomechanics International Conference. Clermont-Ferrand, France. August 20-24.
Bidhendi, A. J.* and Korhonen, R. K. A 3D multiscale model of chondrocyte deformation in knee joint loading. Oral presentation in: 10^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics WCCM 2012. Sao Paulo, Brazil. July 8-13.

Bidhendi, A. J.* and Korhonen, R. K. A finite element study of micropipette aspiration of single cells: effect of compressibility. Poster in: International Society of Biomechanics Congress 2011. Brussels, Belgium. July 3-7.

Bidhendi, A. J.*, Khalilian, V. and Navidbakhsh, M. An optimization-based material parameters identification for a biphasic viscoelastic model of chondrocytes in micropipette aspiration experiment. Oral presentation in: Iranian Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2009. Tehran, Iran. December 29-30.
Bidhendi, A. J.* and Navidbakhsh, M. Finite element model of micropipette aspiration of the stem cell with an Arruda-Boyce (Eight-Chain) material model and material parameters identification. Oral presentation in: Student Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2009. Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. November 3.
Bidhendi, A. J.* and Parnianpour, M. Mechanical models for biological cells. Oral presentation in: Seminar on Topics in Biomedical Engineering, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran. March 12.