{"id":316,"date":"2022-10-11T21:36:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T21:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:51:46","slug":"research-scientists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/research-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-317 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/DSC00222-copy-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/DSC00222-copy-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/DSC00222-copy-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/DSC00222-copy-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/DSC00222-copy-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/DSC00222-copy-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/> Collin Bachert<\/h1>\n<p>How do you write a blurb to describe oneself in what amounts to a tweet? It seems such a daunting exercise, not because of the limitations of the number of words for, indeed, there is such a thing as haiku, but because of the limitations of words themselves on paper. Collin is\u2026not even Collin, that name given to me by my oppressors. Even that attached image is insufficient for that body you see is not me. \u201cI\u201d am the collage of everything that has come before me (people, books, institutions\u2026) and the pregnant potential of all that will come after\u2026 but then who isn\u2019t, right? \u201cI\u201d am a poem, indescribable by its very nature. \u201cI\u201d am someone that must be experienced to be known (in the most limited of capacities). But to fulfill this task at hand, I am a \u201cQueer\/n,\u201d a multidisciplinary scientist, a writer, a cook, an aquarist and plant nerd who enjoys all these things alongside baseball and art too. How about you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/15C5B0AC-0F80-40EB-B870-6891755BB743-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/15C5B0AC-0F80-40EB-B870-6891755BB743-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/labs.bio.cmu.edu\/woolford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/10\/15C5B0AC-0F80-40EB-B870-6891755BB743-rotated.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Steffi Hedayati<\/h1>\n<p>My current research focuses on the function of \u00a0intrinsically disordered regions of select ribosome assembly factors. We seek to understand their contribution in the timing of releasing pre-ribosomes from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm. How do pre-ribosomes \u201cknow\u201d when it\u2019s time to move on to the next step in their life and who allows them to move on?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I was a microbiology major in my undergrad and studied biofilm formation of\u00a0<i>Shewanella oneidensis<\/i>. For my grad work, I switched to yeast and a very different field: protein folding and quality control. Post-translational protein quality control had been very well established for cytoplasmic proteins and proteins going through the secretory pathway, but not much was known how cells handle nascent proteins that misfold or pose other challenges during their translation. I subsequently worked in the biotech industry on inflammation and cell death pathways, and eventually transitioned back to academia, first in a teaching role and now back as a Research Associate. I am very excited to work on the ribosome again!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A lot of my free time is dedicated to my two little kids but during my kid-free time I enjoy knitting, video games and a good TV show or movie with my husband.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collin Bachert How do you write a blurb to describe oneself in what amounts to a tweet? It seems such a daunting exercise, not because of the limitations of the number of words for, indeed, there is such a thing as haiku, but because of the limitations of words themselves on paper. 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