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Recent work across diverse model systems has advanced our understanding of growth and morphogenesis in walled tip-growing cells, including pollen tubes, root hairs, and fungal hyphae. While cell extension is mechanically constrained by the growth and extension of the cell wall, wall dynamics are tightly coupled to exocytosis, membrane trafficking, and, in some systems, cellulose synthesis and spatially varying mechanical properties on the cell wall.
This minisymposium brings together researchers studying tip growth from complementary perspectives—wall growth and mechanics, membrane flow, and polarity regulation—to present recent advances and foster cross-disciplinary dialogue. The goal is to better understand the coordinated pipeline and feedback loops that regulate the spatiotemporal patterning of growth and shape formation and maintenance.
