Mad Science

Stepping into SynDaver Labs is a jarring experience. Non-human parts floating in jars adorn shelves and employees walk about in scrubs covered in substances that could be with confused with human blood.

The freaky scene proves SynDaver's President and Chief Technology Officer Christopher Sakezles succeeds in his aim to produce life-like cadavers for a myriad of research purposes.

Indeed, Sakezles isn't a mad scientist bent on re-creating the human form for evil purposes. His firm recently broke into the university system, providing practice bodies for campuses such as Harvard, Columbia and Stanford — posh company considering he moved the firm's headquarters in 2009 from Sarasota to Tampa to get closer to USF (See Business Review Oct. 31, 2007).