Early Career Researcher
When she’s not out cycling with her partner and toddler, listening to some tunes from Troy Kingi or The Weeknd, or trying to catch up on much-needed sleep from life with the little one, Scientist Juliana Yeung can be found working on a vaccine that would reduce methane emissions from livestock.
What started your career into science/what’s your journey to becoming an AgResearch scientist?
I had a fantastic experience during my first undergraduate internship at a research laboratory in Vancouver, Canada (my hometown and where I studied) that motivated me to continue pursuing my studies in biological sciences. After my PhD, I wanted to go on an OE; I got a work holiday visa to NZ and was lucky to find a post-doc position in Animal Health (Grasslands) that needed my skill set in protein science. Now I am a full-time research scientist in the department.
What do you do at AgResearch?
I specialise in protein sciences, with a focus on identifying and confirming vaccine targets and purifying antibodies from sheep and cattle. I get to continuously grow and develop my skills as a scientist daily; microscopy and mass spectrometry are two areas that excite me the most.
