Edward D'Antonio, PhD

Edward L. D'Antonio, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Department of Natural Sciences

Bluffton campus

Science and Technology Building

Room 108

One University Boulevard

Bluffton, SC 29909

Office: 843-208-8101 Lab: 843-208-8167

edantonio@uscb.edu

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Specialties: Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Chagas' Disease, Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Medicinal Chemistry. 

My group includes undergraduate researchers that utilize a variety of techniques ranging from analytical chemistry, biotechnology, enzymology, structural biology, and synthetic chemistry. I use structure-based drug design and screening approaches to develop new classes inhibitors for enzyme drug-targets found in parasites of trypanosomatid diseases.  These diseases include Chagas' disease (Trypanosoma cruzi), human African trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma brucei), and leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp.).  Another goal of my research is to optimize existing inhibitor designs by increasing molecular interactions within the inhibitor's binding site.