Julia Young

Responsible for sales targets and revenue growth of Eurofins Discovery Biotherapeutic and Translational/Phenotypic Services across Asia Pacific (Japan, Korea, China, India, South East Asia and Oceania). Instrumental in defining and supporting the global Biotherapeutics business strategy for the Asia Pacific region. Member of marketing working group. Motivate, train, and support APAC sales team to work collaboratively on prospecting, pipeline development, and ultimately exceeding targets.

Manage the BioAnalytics Australia and New Zealand business. Included development and execution of go-to-market strategy for integration of two acquisitions, and management of distribution partner. Exceeded growth targets each year whilst delivering high level of customer satisfaction. Provided training to empower, motivate, and influence wider sales team to prospect for new opportunities and leverage existing company relationships.

Responsible for marketing and promotion of a diverse Life Sciences portfolio. Led and supported the dedicated Life Science sales and applications team across Australia and New Zealand. My role also involved managing and reporting to suppliers which included: Essen Bioscience/Sartorius, Merck, Bio-Rad, Luminex, Gyros Protein Technologies, Jackson Immuno Research Laboratories, Vector Laboratories, TriLink, Svanova, Haemoscan.

Supporting researchers across Victoria to access the tools they need to make scientific discoveries, improving customer experience and helping their research success. Sales consultant for: R&D Systems, ATCC, Seahorse, ACEA xCELLigence, Seahorse, ACD Bio-RNAScope, Novus, Infors, Tocris, Micronic and others. Exceeded sales targets every year.

Investigating the effects of anti-cancer treatments on human ovary tissues. Using ovarian strip cultures from human patients, this research aimed to elucidate how different types of chemotherapies affected primordial and growing follicles in ovary tissues.

Prepared and delivered lectures to year 4 Reproductive Sciences students. Consultant to International Research Training Group (IRTG) that facilitates collaboration and student training between researchers at Monash University and Justus-Liebig University (JLU) in Giessen, Germany. Primary supervisor of research students.

Investigating the innate immune mechanisms that enable communication between developing sperm cells and somatic cells within the testis utilizing genetically modified mouse models, and determining factors affecting male fertility following systemic and localized infection and/or inflammation. Initiated and developed a separate independent and novel research program evaluating effects of chlamydia infection in the ovary. Senior team lead in research group, and primary supervisor of students. Manage and oversee day to day running of lab.

Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Edinburgh, UK. The aim of my research was to develop a strategy for therapeutic microbubble targeting of ovarian theca cells. To establish our understanding of the biological system involved, studies were initially focused on understanding theca cell function and modulation by TGFβ superfamily members. Due to limited human resources, we employed a sheep model for our studies whereby in vitro experiments utilised theca, granulosa and stromal primary cell cultures. Follicles were isolated at all stages of development, and strip cultures of ovarian tissues have also been explored and follicles grown in the culture system. During this fellowship I: • Explored TGFβ signalling pathways using immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, Western blotting, adenovirus and lentivirus transfections, and natural and non-biological receptor antagonists. • Microscopically dissected ovarian tissues and isolated specific cell types for in vitro studies using hormone treatment regime on sheep. • Assessed hormone production and protein levels using radioimmunoassay and ELISA, and gene expression by quantitative PCR. • Investigated the use of microbubble ultrasound contrast agent for in vivo drug delivery.

Laboratory tutor for third year Reproductive Biology students.

PhD project entitled “Bone Morphogenetic Proteins are involved in controlling mammalian fertility”. University of Otago and AgResearch Molecular Biology Unit, Dunedin, NZ. My research aimed to understand the mechanism by which the BMP receptor type 1B Booroola mutation affected tissues involved in fertility. During studies of this receptor mutation I experienced a wide range of laboratory techniques including: • Mammalian cell cultures (both cell lines and optimising primary cell cultures), cell transfections, reporter assays, a wide range of molecular biological techniques, in-house microarray technology, bioinformatic analyses, quantitative PCR, radioimmunoassay, immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy. • Animal work involved extensive planning for Animal Ethics Approval, considering estrous cycles, co-ordinating synchronisation of animals, collecting tissues, and working as part of a team in large-scale animal experiments.

Laboratory Demonstrator/Tutor for all levels of Biochemistry from 1st year Health Sciences to final year classes. Included marking final exam papers.