Keenan Research Seminar Series: The Edge of Motion: How Calcium Signaling Shapes Actin Architecture and Cell Migration

Dr. Sergey Plotnikov is Associate Professor in the Department of Cell & Systems Biology at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in Cell Biology from the Institute of Marine Biology (Vladivostok, Russia) and completed postdoctoral fellowships with Drs. Bill Mohler and Paul Campagnola (University of Connecticut Health Center) and Dr. Clare Waterman (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH). Dr. Plotnikov's research integrates biophysical, cell biological, and molecular approaches to investigate the fundamental mechanisms governing cell migration and mechanosensing, including cytoskeletal dynamics, cell-matrix interactions, calcium signaling, and the cellular response to extracellular fluid viscosity. His work has been published in over 30 peer-reviewed research articles.