ANDREW WOODMAN
A.Woodman@warwick.ac.uk / woodyman20@aol.com
Profile
I graduated in 2011 gaining a 1st in Microbiology and Virology at The University of Warwick.
During my studies I had two summer placements within exceptional Virology labs. This
experience gave me a good grounding in lab skills and the confidence to carry out my own
research. I am currently in my final year of a 4-year Ph.D. position at Warwick funded by the
BBSRC. My research is based upon the host and viral factors that influence recombination within
the Picornaviridae group of viruses. I have a passion for my work and I am keen to seek
opportunities that will advance my scientific career.
Education
2008 – 2011 - University of Warwick
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) of Microbiology and Virology 1 class
2009/2010 – Winner of class prize for outstanding achievement
Experience
September 1994 – June 2007 Polestar Group (Various locations)
Apprentice Printer/Engineer role leading to a Team leader position.
Duties included – Managing a team of up to 8 individuals spanning a wide range of age.
Producing high quality, large volume time sensitive print titles for blue chip companies like News
International and Mirror media group.
Experience gained in interpersonal work based relationships. Organisational skills obtained via
time sensitive weekly objectives.
June 2010 – October 2010 BBSRC funded research project at The University of
Warwick.
Project title – ‘Characterising the interferon responses to wild type and E4-Orf3 mutant
adenoviruses’
Experience gained in:
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Mammalian cell culturing and transfection techniques
Bacterial transformation and plasmid preparation
Agarose gel electrophoresis
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Western Blotting
Beta galactosidase and Luciferase assays
Vector / Plasmid construction using restriction enzymes and PCR technology
Safe laboratory working practice
Correct data handling, recording and interpretation
Oral presentation skills
April 2011 – June 2011 Final year research lab
Project title - ‘Induction of interferon responses during adenovirus infection’
Using similar techniques as above including immunofluorescence approaches.
October 2011 - October 2015 BBSRC Studentship at The University of Warwick
9 month training element encompassing:
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Statistics
Ethics
Instrumentation
Two 3-month mini-projects
Currently working within the Evans lab (www.picornavirus.org) researching host and viral factors
that influence genetic recombination in enteroviruses.
Additional lab based experience gained in:
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Reverse genetics and Molecular cloning
In vitro RNA production
RT-PCR
FISH - Fluorescent in situ hybridisation
Confocal and Widefield microscopy
ShRNA knockdown approach using lentivirus vector delivery
qRT-PCR
Denaturing PAGE and SHAPE mapping
Presentations and Publications:
1. Lowry KS, WOODMAN A, Evans DJ. Genetic recombination in enteroviruses. Society for
General Microbiology, Spring Conference. March 2013
2. WOODMAN A, Lowry KS, Evans DJ. Recombination in Enteroviruses is a Biphasic
Replicative Process Involving the Generation of Greater-than Genome Length 'Imprecise'
Intermediates. Europic, Belgium 2014.
3. WOODMAN A, Lowry KS, Evans DJ. Recombination in Enteroviruses is a Biphasic
Replicative Process Involving the Generation of Greater-than Genome Length 'Imprecise'
Intermediates. Society for General Microbiology, Spring Conference. April 2014
4. Lowry KS, WOODMAN A, Cook J, Evans DJ. 2014. Recombination in Enteroviruses Is a
Biphasic Replicative Process Involving the Generation of Greater-than Genome Length
‘Imprecise’ Intermediates. PLoS Pathogens. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004191
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Teaching:
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1. October 2012, October 2013 and October 2014 - Co-leader for a 3 year undergraduate
Virology lab group, Investigating genetic drift in Influenza A virus
2. May - June 2012 and 2013 - Co-supervisor of 3rd year undergraduate students
Additional skills
Fluency in the use of Microsoft office software. Experience of the statistical program ‘R’. Clean
driving licence.
Professional
Membership of the Society for General Microbiology
Interests
I am a keen sportsman who is currently captain of my local Football team ‘Fladbury athletic’. The
role involves playing, organising games along with motivational speeches. Travel has always
been a key interest and I have been fortunate to experience cultures from countries in Africa as
well as from Asia and the Americas.
Referees
Dr. Emma Anderson
School of Life Sciences
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
E-mail: E.C.Anderson@warwick.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Easton
School of Life Sciences
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
E-mail: A.J.Easton@warwick.ac.uk
Professor David Evans
School of Life Sciences
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
E-mail: D.J.Evans@warwick.ac.uk