Caldwell Feid, PhD
Post Doctoral Scholar
Caldwell Feid (she/they) grew up in various places across the United States. They received a BS in Microbiology and a BA in Germanic Studies from Indiana University Bloomington, where they developed an interest in microbial genetics studying the regulation of B. subtilis swarming motility in the lab of Dr. Daniel Kearns. Caldwell went on to earn her PhD working in the lab of Dr. Alan Wolfe at Loyola University Chicago. Their dissertation work investigated the impact of lysine acetylation on the bacterial ribosome in E. coli, and they were supported in their final year of study by the Arthur J. Schmitt Fellowship.
Caldwell is excited to combine her love of genetics and the bacterial ribosome to investigate various aspects of translation in mycobacterium, including the regulation of leaderless translation and transcript-specific effects of antibiotic treatment.
Outside of the lab, Caldwell is an experienced crocheter and less skilled knitter as well as an enthusiastic player of tabletop roleplaying games, such as Dungeons and Dragons.