Chemistry
Biochemistry Research

Biochemistry Research Faculty

Anthony Berdis, Ph.D.

Professor
Email: a.berdis@csuohio.edu
Expertise: The Berdis lab is developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents against several types of cancers, including glioblastoma multiforme, breast, pancreatic, and various leukemias.  His research involves developing artificial nucleosides that increase the efficacy of existing anti-cancer agents with the goal of effectively killing cancer cells while leaving normal cells unaffected. 
 

Michael Kalafatis, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor
Email: m.kalafatis@csuohio.edu
Expertise: Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis. Thrombosis is the primary cause of death worldwide and one of two major focuses of my research. My laboratory has a great deal of expertise in the biochemistry of coagulation.

Cancer and Apoptosis. Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide. The traditional way to treat cancer today is "cut, poison, and burn" which correlates to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation respectively with the known devastating side effects. My laboratory is striving to establish a treatment for cancer that uses natural non-toxic substances.
 

Biochemistry Research Labs

Berdis Lab

^{Anthony Berdis, Ph.D.}

The Berdis lab is developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents against several types of cancers, including glioblastoma multiforme, breast, pancreatic, and various leukemias.  His research involves developing artificial nucleosides that increase the efficacy of existing anti-cancer agents with the goal of effectively killing cancer cells while leaving normal cells unaffected. 

Kalafatis Lab

^{Michael Kalafatis, Ph.D.}

Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis. Thrombosis is the primary cause of death worldwide and one of two major focuses of my research. My laboratory has a great deal of expertise in the biochemistry of coagulation.

Cancer and Apoptosis. Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide. The traditional way to treat cancer today is "cut, poison, and burn" which correlates to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation respectively with the known devastating side effects. My laboratory is striving to establish a treatment for cancer that uses natural non-toxic substances.