I was recently speaking with a colleague of mine that mentioned a phenomenon that he was studying in plant cells that he called synchronization. The cells, when submitted to certain stress factors seems to counter the disturbance by somehow communicating with each other stabilizing to the new state.

I’ve recently fell in love with stem cell research and had a thought come across my mind, does such “synchronization” happen in stem cells when they are presented to external stimuli (ex: diferenciation factors)?
Does the response of the SC cluster happen on an individual level or is there communication between the SCs?

Sorry if my question is not properly formulated, but hopefully the message makes it across.