Post-Doc: Michael Woodman, PhD

Awards & Honors:

•	Training Program in Microbial Pathogenesis, NIAID, 2005-2007 (Awarded to Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
•	Graduate Council Class Representative, 2006-2008
•	Biological Sciences Initiative Grant for Undergraduate Research, 2003
•	Travel Grant Award for the Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting, 2003

Conference Poster Presentations and Attendances:
1. The American Society for Microbiology 109th General Meeting. May 17-21, 2009. Philadelphia, PA. 2. 7th American Society for Microbiology Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting. February 22-25, 2009. Baltimore, MD. 3. Woodman, M.E., A.E. Cooley, B. Stevenson. Does production of outer surface A by Borrelia burgdorferi during transmission from infected mammals to feeding ticks trigger OspA seroconversion? Gordon Conference on the Biology of Spirochetes. January 20-25, 2008. Ventura, CA. 4. Woodman M.E., A. E. Cooley, J.C. Miller, J.J. Lazarus, K. Tucker, T. Bykowski, M. Botto, J. Hellwage, R. M. Wooten, B. Stevenson. Borrelia burgdorferi binding of host complement regulator factor H is not required for efficient mammalian infection. Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting. August 7-12, 2007. Madison, WI. 5. T. Bykowski, M.E. Woodman, A.E. Cooley, L.H. Burns, M.J. Troese, R. Wallich, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson. Borrelia burgdorferi complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins: expression during the Lyme disease spirochete’s mammal-tick infection cycle. International Jena Symposium on Tick-Borne Diseases. March 15-17, 2007. Jena, Germany. 6. A.E. Cooley, C.A. Brissette, L.H. Burns, S.P. Riley, M.E. Woodman, T. Bykowski, H. Choy, D. Haake, B.Stevenson Functional characterization of Lyme borreliosis spirochete Erp proteins. International Jena Symposium on Tick-Borne Diseases. March 15-17, 2007. Jena, Germany. 7. Woodman M.E., A. E. Cooley, J.C. Miller, J.J. Lazarus, K. Tucker, T. Bykowski, M. Botto, J. Hellwage, R. M. Wooten, B. Stevenson. Borrelia burgdorferi binding of host complement regulator factor H is not required for efficient mammalian infection. Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference. October 20-22, 2006. Cincinnati, OH. 8. Bykowski, T., M.E. Woodman, A.E. Cooley, L.H. Burns, M.J. Troese, R. Wallich, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson. Borrelia burgdorferi Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Protein 2 (CspZ): expression during the Lyme disease spirochete’s mammal-tick infection cycle. Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference. October 20-22, 2006. Cincinnati, OH. 9. Woodman M.E., J.C. Miller, A.E. Cooley, M. Botto, R.M. Wooten, B. Stevenson. The infection of complement deficient mice with Borrelia burgdorferi. Gordon Conference on the Biology of Spirochetes. April 23-28, 2006. Barga, Italy. 10. von Lackum, K., J.C. Miller, S.P. Riley, M.E. Woodman, V. Brade, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson, R. Wallich. Borrelia burgdorferi regulates expression of complement regulator-acquiring surface protein- 1 (CRASP-1) during the mammal-tick infection cycle. International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis & Other Tick-Borne Diseases. September 11-15, 2005. Vienna, Austria. 11. Tick Genomics and the Future of Tick Research. May 19-21, 2004. Baltimore, MD. 12. von Lackum, K., J.C. Miller, M.E. Woodman, S.P. Riley, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson, and R. Wallich. Regulated expression of complement regulator-acquiring surface protein-1 (CRASP-1) of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference. October 1-3, 2004. East Lansing, MI. 13. Woodman, M.E., and S.B. Melville. Human monocytes and neutrophils can kill Clostridium perfringens under aerobic and anaerobic conditions only if complement is present. The American Society for Microbiology 103rd General Meeting. May 18-22, 2003. Washington, D.C. 14. Woodman, M.E., and S.B. Melville. Human monocytes and neutrophils can kill Clostridium perfringens under aerobic and anaerobic conditions only if complement is present. Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting. February 8-10, 2003. Wintergreen, VA. Seminars presented at the University of Kentucky:

•	The Roles of the Complement System in Borrelia infections. February 16, 2007
•	Infection of Complement Deficient Mice with Borrelia burgdorferi. March 24, 2006
•	The Modulation of the Innate Immune Response to Streptococcus pneumoniae by Surfactant Protein A. October 29, 2004