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CHARLES J. KAZILEK Senior Research Professional Director of Technology Integration & Outreach M.N.S., 1992, Arizona State University Send e-mail to ckazilek@asu.edu

Scientific Imaging

Mr. Kazilek is involved with scientific data acquisition and presentation. He currently manages the Life Sciences Visualization Group and has research interests in biological imaging. These two areas are closely linked by the use of computer systems using both personal computers and high-end computer graphic workstations in tandem with various light microscopy instruments and techniques.

The Visualization Group includes the Visualization Laboratory that works specifically on facilitating educational and scholarly presentation of scientific data. The Group also includes the W. M. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory that houses two scanning laser confocal microscopes, a ratio imaging / general morphometric analysis microscopes, an Atomic Force Microscope, Storm PhosphorImager, and various video microscopes. Images acquired using the microscopes are analyzed on Linux and Windows graphics workstations using both 2-D and 3-D analysis software programs.

In addition to biological imaging, Mr. Kazilek is involved with educational outreach programs. He is the creator and developer of Ask a Biologistand the co-developer of The Paper Project. He is also an artist that works in both the real and virtual world of visual arts. To see more of his alter ego you can visit his his personal web page.

Selected Publications

Pearson, David, C. Barry Knisley, Charles Kazilek. 2005. A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the U.S. and Canada. Oxford University Press. 270 pages.

Kazilek, Charles and Kim Cooper. 2004. Instructor's Manual: Anatomy and Physiology. Martini. Benjamin Cummings. 240 pages.

Kazilek, Charles and Kim Cooper. 2003. Instructor's Manual: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology. Martini (Sixth Edition). Benjamin Cummings. 512 pages.

Valentine, G., Charles Kazilek. 2002. Timeless Paper. Rediscovering the Familiar: The Interior Aesthetics of Paper. Holland Press, 2002. 80-85.

Kazilek, Charles, Kim Cooper. 2000. Instructors Manual: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology. Martini Fifth Edition. 454 pages.

Kazilek, Charles, Kim Cooper, Lucia Tranel and Alice Mills. 1998. Instructors Manual: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology. Martini Fourth Edition. 464 pages.

Satterlie, Richard A., Tigran P. Norekian, Sheryl Jordan and Charles J. Kazilek. 1995. Serotonergic Modualtion of Swimming Speed in the Pteropod Mollusc Clione Limacina. Journal of Experimental Biology. 198: 895-904.

Sharp, W. P., C. J. Kazilek, 1991. Scanning Light Microscopy. In Controlling Color Photography, Preston Publications, Chapter 4: pg 31-33.

Sharp, W. P., C. J. Kazilek, 1990. Scanning Light Microscopy. Darkroom and Creative Camera Techniques. January/February, Vol. 11 (1), pg 43-45.

Chandler, D. E., C. J. Merkle, and C. J. Kazilek. 1989. Detection of calcium signals in neutrophils using fluorescent dyes: hyperosmolarity inhibits lysosomal enzyme release and the preceding rise in cytosolic free calcium. In Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Biological, Hydrological, and Environmental Applications, M. C. Goldberg, ed., American Chemical Society, Symposium series 383, Chapter 5: 70-83

Kazilek, C. J., C. J. Merkle, and D. E. Chandler. 1988. Hyperosmotic media inhibit both exocytosis and calcium signals in formyl-peptide activated neutrophils. Am. J. Physiol. 254: C709-C718