Dr. Kayton received his doctoral degree from Idaho State University, in Pocatello. He joined CROET following appointments at the University of Washington. His special interest is conventional electron microscopy, analytical electron microscopy and subcellular physiology. Dr. Kayton heads CROET's Histology/Electron Microscopy Facility and has developed special immunocytochemical and cryoultramicrotomy techniques.

My role is to direct the Histology/Electron Microscopy Core. I am responsible for teaching gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), photography, animal perfusion, dissection, microtomy, and ultramicrotomy to new and extant faculty, research technitions, graduates and undergraduates. My personal research focuses on basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and its distribution in the nervous system. I am also involved in the Pacific Northwest Microscopy Society. I am the current newsletter editor, and produce 2 or 3 newsletters each year. I also maintain the Society's web page and keep the membership list current.

Kim, M., Sabri, M.I., Miller, V.H., Kayton, R.J., Dixon, D.A., and Spencer, P.S. (in press) 1,2-diacetylbenzene, the neurotoxic metabolite of a chromogenic aromatic solvent, induces proximal axonopathy. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.

Aktas, G., and Kayton, R.J. (2000) Untrastructural immunolocalization of basic fibroblast growth factor in fibroblasts and extracellular matrix. Journal of Histochemistry and Cell Biology 113, 235-239.