Page Baluch
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Phone: 480-727-0725
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ASU/School of Life Sciences 427 E Tyler Mall TEMPE, AZ 85287-4501
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Mail code: 5001Campus: Tempe
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Page Baluch is the KE Biosciences Assistant Director and oversees the Advanced Light Microscopy, Flow, RegenMed, HistoCore and SOLS shared core facilities. Her research is focused on studying the behavior of cells and tissue using advanced microscopy techniques.
Cellular behavior is affected by fast changes in the cell's skeleton (or cytoskeleton). The cytoskeleton is involved in many processes such as cell division, structure, movement and the transport of vesicles. Because it can be assembled and disassembled very quickly, it is believed that the cytoskeleton may also play a role in cellular communication by helping the cell organize signals quickly in space and time.
Current projects in the Baluch lab include studying how biogenic amines modulate uterine function; how the cytoskeleton organizes communication; how hormones influence neuronal signaling; and creating 3-D tactile images to help blind students succeed in school.
PhD, 2007, Arizona State University
My research interests are centered around the cellular cytoskeletal scaffold system and how it controls and orchestrates cell signaling. I am also interested in how signaling modulators such as hormones and biogenic amines modulate neuronal and muscular function.
Graduate Students:
- Bukola Obayomi
- Shelbi Peck
Undergraduate Students:
- Faust, B., Huddleston, J., Baluch, D.P., Chew, T.L. and Ugarova, T. (2019). An Actin-based Protrusion Initiate Macrophage Fusion. [In Review]
- Obayomi, S.M.B., Peck, S., and Baluch, D.P. (2019). Ultrastructural Modifications of the Mouse Uterus upon Biogenic Amine Stimulation. Microscopy and Microanalysis [In Press].
- Peck, S., Obayomi, S.M.B., and Baluch, D.P. (2019). The Role of Tyramine within the Mouse Ovary. Microscopy and Microanalysis [In Press].
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Obayomi, S.M.B., Peck, S. and Baluch, D.P. (2017) Imaging Live Uterine Tissue Modulation using Confocal Microscopy. J. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 23 (S1).
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Hasper, E., Gonzales, A., Martinez, B, Harris, L., Yu, H., Farkas, Z., Hedgpeth, T., Windhorst, R.A., and Baluch, D.P. (2015). Methods for creating and evaluating 3D tactile images to teach STEM courses to the visually impaired. J. College Science Teaching.
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Baluch, D.P. (2015). FORWARD to Professorship in STEM: Inclusive faculty development strategies that work: Jumpstarting STEM Careers. Editors: Heller, R. and Mavriplis, C. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA.
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Williams, G.J., Zhang, T., Alexander, L., Gonzales, A., Baluch, D.P., Duerstock, B.S. (2014). 3D Printing Tactile Graphics: Application to Histology. RESNA Online.
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Langlais, P., Dillon, J.L., Mengos, A., Baluch, D.P., Ardebili, R., Miranda, D.N., Xie, X., Heckmann, B.L., Liu, J., and Mandarino, L.J. (2012). Identification of a Role for CLASP2 in Insulin Action. J. Biological Chemistry.
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Kalive, M., Baluch, D.P. and Capco, D.G. (2012). Involvement of PKCz and GSK3b in the stability of the metaphase spindle. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.
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Tamura, K., Mager, V. A., Burnett, L. A., Olson, J. H., Brower, J. B., Casano, A. R., Baluch, D. P., Targovnik, J. H., Windhorst, R. A., Herman, R. M. (2010). Semi-automated method of analysis of small sensory nerve fibers in human skin-biopsies. J Neurosci Methods, 185, pp 325-337.
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Daskalova, S., Pah, A., Baluch, D.P., and Lopez, L. (2009). Arabidopsis thaliana putative sialyltransferase resides in plant Golgi but lacks the ability to transfer sialic acid. J. Plant Biol. 11(3), pp 284-99.
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Baluch, D. P. and Capco, D. G. (2008). GSK3β Mediates Acentromeric Spindle Stabilization by Activated PKCζ. Dev. Biol. 17(1), pp 46-58.
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Huang, A., Nielson, G., Razdan, A., Farin, G., Capco,D., and Baluch, D.P. (2006). Thin Structure Segmentation and Visualization in Three-Dimensional Biomedical Images: A Shape-Based Approach. IEEE TVCG 12 (1) pp 93-102.
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Baluch, D. P., Koeneman, B. A., Hatch, K., McGaughey, R. Capco, D. G. (2004). PKC isotypes in post-activated and fertilized mouse eggs: association with the meiotic spindle. Dev Biol 274, pp 45-55.
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Baluch, D. P., Pauken, C.M., Capco, D.G. (2004). Laboratory Guide for the Mammalian Embryo: Cytoplasmic Signaling and Cell Cycle Control in the Mouse Egg and Embryo. Editors: Gardner, D.K., Lane, M., Watson, A.J. Oxford University Press, NY. Pp 298-312.
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Huang, A., Nielson, G., Razdan, A., Farin, G., Capco,D., and Baluch, D.P. (2003). Line and Net Pattern Segmentation Using Shape Modeling. Proc. Visualization and Data Analysis. 5009, pp. 171-180.
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Jiuxiang Hu; Razdan, A.; Nielson, G.M.; Farin, G.E.; Baluch, D.P.; Capco, D.G. (2003). Volumetric segmentation using Weibull E-SD fields. IEEE TVCG 9 (3) pp 320-328.
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Jiuxiang H., Baluch, D.P., Razdan, A., Nielson, G., Farin, G., and Capco, D.G. (2003). Case Study: Hidden Scaffold Extraction Using Crest Point for Enumerated Volumes. Data Visualization 2003. Association for Computing Machinery, NY, NY.
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Baluch, D. P., Capco, D. G. (2002). Cellular Scaffolds in Mammalian Eggs. Frontiers in Bioscience 7, d1653-1661.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 496 | Undergraduate Thesis |
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 496 | Undergraduate Thesis |
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 496 | Undergraduate Thesis |
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 496 | Undergraduate Thesis |
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 451 | Cell Biotech: Cell Culture |
| BIO 551 | Cell Biotechnology |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 451 | Cell Biotech: Cell Culture |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 496 | Undergraduate Thesis |
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| BIO 551 | Cell Biotechnology |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 451 | Cell Biotech: Cell Culture |
| BIO 551 | Cell Biotechnology |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 451 | Cell Biotech: Cell Culture |
| MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 496 | Undergraduate Thesis |
| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| BIO 551 | Cell Biotechnology |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 451 | Cell Biotech: Cell Culture |
| BIO 598 | Special Topics |
2013 Nominee award for the Excellence in Diversity by the Committee for Campus Inclusion
2011 ASU Commission on the Status of Women’s 2011 Outstanding Contribution and
Achievement Award
2008 Olympus Bioscapes Bioimaging Contest: 2 Honorable Mentions
2005 AIMS (Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society) Best Poster Award
2003 ASU School of Life Sciences Outstanding Teaching Associate Award
Journal of Development
Journal of Reproduction
Mechanisms of Developoment
- American Society for Cell Biology [Committee Member of WICB],
- Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society [2020 President],
- Association for Women in Science [Arizona Chapter President],
- Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience,
- Microscopy Society of America,
- Society for Neuroscience,
- Society for the Study of Reproduction
Graduate Students:
- 2017- Bukola Obayomi, Chair of Graduate Committee [Biology, PhD program];
- 2017- Shelbi Peck, Chair of Graduate Committee [Biology, PhD program];
- 2018 John Weston Quinn, non-degree graduate mentor, [current member of Robin Harris' lab]
- 2016-2018 Jerica Vie, Chair of Graduate Committee [Biology and Society, received Masters];
- 2019- Laytoya Campbell, Graduate Committee Member [MCB PhD program, Liu Jun's Lab];
- 2017- Arnat Balabiyev, Graduate Committee Member [MCB PhD program, Tatiana Ugarova's Lab];
- 2014-2017 Bukola Obayomi, Recieved MS in Biology May 2017 [Continued into PhD program at ASU];
- 2015 Natalie Jenkins, Non Degree Graduate Mentor;
- 2013-2016 Leanne VanTuyl [Harris], Chair of Graduate committee [Biology, MS program] [Field Scientist with the Army]
- 2013-2015 Ashleigh Gonzales, Chair of Graduate committee [Biology and Society, MS program] – Received MS in Biology May 2015. Instructor with SAAVI [Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired] and FBC [Foundation for Blind Children] Completed May 2015;
- 2010-2014 Kirsten Traynor, Graduate Committee member (Robert Page’s lab); [USDA NIFA ELI postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland]
- 2010-2014 James “Bo” Faust, Graduate Committee member (David Capco’s lab); [Research Scientist at Vanderbelt]
- 2013-2014 Sandra Kavuma, Non Degree Graduate mentor; [Lab manager at Mayo]
- 2013 Hayley Naegele, Graduate Committee member (Wade McGregor’s lab); [Resident Physician at HonorHealth]
- 2011-2013 Rebekah Brubaker, Non Degree Graduate mentor. [CEO of RealTimeSTEAM]
Professional Society Committees and Leadership Positions
- 2012-2018 American Society for Cell Biology Women in Cell Biology (WICB) Executive Committee
(ascb.org); career and Mentorship Roundtable Session Chair, Annual meeting abstract reviewer
for New Technologies in Microscopy - 2019-2020 Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society President
- 2016-2017 Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society President
- 2015-current Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society Treasurer
- 2013-2014 Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society President
- 2011-2015 National Association for Women in Science Executive Chapter Committee Member (AWIS.org)
- 2011-2012 Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society President
- 2011-current Association for Women in Science (AWIS AZ Chapter) President [awis-caz.org]
- 2009-2011 Association for Women in Science (AWIS AZ Chapter) Treasurer
- 2009-2010 Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society President
Government Service
2017- NIH SIG Grant Reviewer
2017 ABRC RFGA Grant Reviewer
2016- NCBiotech IDG Grant Reviewer
University Service
Educational/Outreach Event Organizer
- 2015-current Comicon Science Education Panel [Science panels were organized for attendees
of the Phoenix Comicon. Moderated and participated in sessions which included
students and faculty from ASU.] - 2010-1018 Forward to Professorship/Jumpstarting STEM Careers Workshop team leader and workshop
organizer at ASU - 2010-2020 AIMS Conference Organizer at ASU (azmicroscopy.org)
- 2008-2017 Ugly Bug Contest co-organizer including participation in the Flagstaff Festival of Science and
Ask a Biologist website - 2005 - Microscopy Seminars
College Committees
- 2010-2011 CLAS RTS Website Committee
- 2014.-2017 CLAS Committee of Review member
SOLS Committees
- 2017- current SOLS Facilities Committee
- 2014-2015 SOLS Strategic Assessment Committee
- 2008-2014 SOLS Research Training Initiatives (RTI) committee member
- 2008-2009 Facilities’ committee in SOLS representing Core Labs
- 2003-2004 Faculty Search Committee; SOLS Molecular Interactions/Bioimaging position
University Committees
- 2002 Graduate Student Association: Grant Review Committee
- 2015-current ASU Senate Alternate; Academic Professionals
University Club Faculty Advisor
- 2010-current Women in STEM [Organization at ASU that provides training, networking and mentoring
opportunities to female students pursuing a STEM career.] - 2015-2017 First Gen Scientists [Honor Student club that mentors middle school students from
underprivileged schools.] - 2016-current Sun Devil Microscopy Club [Provides opportunities for microscopy education and outreach
for students and the general public.] - 2012-2015 Awareness Counts Tempe [Organization that promotes awareness and education for the
success of disabled students at Arizona State University.]