Wojciech Rychlik

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Wojciech Rychlik is a biologist and photographer, born in Poland and living in the USA since 1980. Rychlik received his Ph.D. in 1980 from the Polish Academy of Sciences. Currently, he is a president of Molecular Biology Insights, Inc. located in Cascade, Colorado.

The main focus of Rychlik's research was PCR primer design.{{Cite journal|author=Rychlik W |title=Selection of primers for polymerase chain reaction |journal=Mol. Biotechnol. |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=129–34 |date=April 1995 |pmid=7620973 |doi=10.1007/BF02789108|s2cid=22792781 }}{{Cite journal|author=Rychlik W |title=Priming efficiency in PCR |journal=BioTechniques |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=84–6, 88–90 |date=January 1995 |pmid=7702859}}{{Cite journal|vauthors=Rychlik W, Spencer WJ, Rhoads RE |title=Optimization of the annealing temperature for DNA amplification in vitro |journal=Nucleic Acids Res. |volume=18 |issue=21 |pages=6409–12 |date=November 1990 |pmid=2243783 |pmc=332522 |doi=10.1093/nar/18.21.6409}} He is known for developing the OLIGO Primer Analysis Software.,{{Cite journal|vauthors=Rychlik W, Rhoads RE |title=A computer program for choosing optimal oligonucleotides for filter hybridization, sequencing and in vitro amplification of DNA |journal=Nucleic Acids Res. |volume=17 |issue=21 |pages=8543–51 |date=November 1989 |pmid=2587212 |pmc=335026 |url=|doi=10.1093/nar/17.21.8543}} the first software optimizing conditions for PCR.{{Cite book|author=Rychlik W |chapter=OLIGO 7 Primer Analysis Software |title=PCR Primer Design |volume=402 |pages=35–60 |year=2007 |pmid=17951789 |doi=10.1007/978-1-59745-528-2_2|series=Methods in Molecular Biology|isbn=978-1-58829-725-9}} Before moving to the industry sector in 1991, he was instrumental in discovery of human protein synthesis initiation factor eIF-4 mRNARychlik, W., Domier, L. L., Gardner, P. R., Hellmann, G. M., and Rhoads R. E. (1987) Amino Acid Sequence of the mRNA Cap-binding Protein From Human Tissues; Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 84, 945–949. working as Assistant Res. Professor at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Rychlik is a nature photographer, member of the Photographic Society of America.{{cite web|url=https://psa-photo.org/|title=Home | Photographic Society of America|website=psa-photo.org}} In 2007 and 2008 he was the top-ranked exhibitor in PSA stereo electronic section.{{Cite web |url=http://www.psa-photo.org/assets/pdffiles/Whos_Who_2007.pdf#page=15 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-11-11 |archive-date=2009-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014100711/http://www.psa-photo.org/assets/pdffiles/Whos_Who_2007.pdf#page=15 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.pikespeakphoto.com/images/psa2008.jpg |title=Photo |publisher=www.pikespeakphoto.com |date= |accessdate=2021-10-31}} As a photographer he is better known as Wojtek Rychlik, who published books about Colorado Mountains. His first book was a 230-page atlas of mountain lakes in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, "Lakes of the Sangres",Rychlik, W (2010) Lakes of the Sangres; Pikes Peak Photo, Cascade, CO; {{ISBN|978-0-9842554-1-2}} and the most significant was a catalog of Front Range Mountains, a 572-page atlas "Eagle’s View of the Front Range".Rychlik, W (2013) Eagle’s View of the Front Range, a 572-pages atlas; Mother's House Publishing, Colorado Springs, CO; {{ISBN|978-1-61888-070-3}} Some others are included in the References section.Rychlik, W (2010) Lakes of the Sangres in 3D; Pikes Peak Photo, Cascade, CO; {{ISBN|978-0-9842554-5-0}}Rychlik, W (2012) Eagle's View of the Mosquito and Gore Ranges; Mother's House Publishing, Colorado Springs, CO; {{ISBN|978-1-61888-024-6}}Rychlik, W (2011) Eagle’s View of the Sangres: The West Side; Mother's House Publishing, Colorado Springs, CO; {{ISBN|978-1-61888-009-3}}Rychlik, W (2010) Eagle’s View of the Sangres; Pikes Peak Photo, Cascade, CO; {{ISBN|978-0-9842554-3-6}}