Specializes in yeast biosynthesis and nutrition metabolism.
As a researcher specializing in agricultural biotechnology and synthetic biology, I have devoted over 2 years to interdisciplinary research focused on dairy welfare, microbial metabolism in sustainable agriculture. Currently, I am a visiting scholar at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, where my research centers on engineering microbial synthesis to enhance Lutein produce. Prior to this, I held an Associate Professor position at Tianjin Agricultural University. My work emphasizes translating lab-scale synthetic biology innovations into practical agricultural solutions, with a focus on addressing global food security and climate change challenges relevant to agricultural contexts.
Industry
Yujia Tian has actively engaged in industry-academia-research cooperation and practical technology R&D in the field of ruminant nutrition. She has led projects such as Alfalfa Silage Quality Evaluation and Efficient Utilization Technology and promoted precise feeding technology of wrapped alfalfa silage, providing professional technical support for dairy farming enterprises. She has collaborated with enterprises to develop patented technologies, participated in mid-term inspections of industry development projects by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and contributed to industrial upgrading. As a consultant of Tianjin Feed Industry Association and a standing director of the Cattle Science Branch of Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, she participates in industry standard discussions and technical exchanges, bridging the gap between academic research and industrial application. Additionally, she has delivered lectures at training courses sharing expertise in feed nutrition and healthy dairy farming to empower industry practitioners, and her research achievements and technical promotions have effectively driven the development of the local dairy industry.
Collaborations
Yujia Tian has engaged in multi-dimensional collaborations focusing on ruminant nutrition and healthy dairy farming. Internationally, she was funded by the Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center to investigate the Dutch dairy industry chain with European counterparts. She also collaborated with research institutions including China Agricultural University and Purdue University on technologies like cell transfection and blood intubation perfusion.
Funding
Yujia Tian has presided over and completed the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund Project Study on the Structural Changes of Corn Straw Fiber Treated with Calcium Oxide and Its Metabolic Mechanism in the Rumen of Dairy Cows, as well as Tianjin Agricultural Science and Technology Achievement Transformation and Promotion Project and Tianjin Science and Technology Plan Project, which mainly focused on the quality improvement of wrapped alfalfa silage and its precise utilization technology in dairy cow diets. Additionally, she has led the completion of multiple enterprise cooperation projects and 2 international university-enterprise cooperation projects.
Key Publications
Xue Wu, Siyu Wang, Jiaojiao Tian, Liyuan Yun, Min Zhang, Yujia Tian*. Effects of Lactobacillus plantarum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae on Rumen fermentation parameters, microbial diversity and Metabolites of fermented feed in vitro[J].Animal Feed Science and Technology. 2025
Wang, H.; Shi, M.; Ma, Z.; Zhang, X.; Shan, H.; Xu, X.; Quan, S.; Zhang, J.; Tian, Y*. Metabolomics Study Revealed the Effects of CaO-Treated Maize Straw on the Rumen Metabolites[J]. Animals 2025.
Xin-Ya Zhao, Yu-xin Wang, Lu-yao Wang, Shou-qiang Sun, Chao-yue Li, Xue-wei Zhang, Long Chen and Yu-jia Tian*. Differences of serum glucose and lipid metabolism and immune parameters and blood metabolomics regarding the transition cows in the antepartum and postpartum period [J]. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2024
M.J Shi, Z.X Ma, Y.J. Tian*, C Ma, Y.D. Li, X.W. Zhang. Effects of corn straw treated with CaO on rumen degradation characteristics and fermentation parameters and their correlation with microbial diversity in rumen [J]. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 2022
Yujia Tian , Xuewei Zhang , Shengli Li , Kai Liu and Peng Guo. Effect of Harvest Time and Microbial Anaerobic Fermentation at Ruminal Degradability, In Vitro Digestibility to Milk Production and Milk Quality for Whole Plant Zhang Hybrid Millet in Dairy Cows[J] animals. 2019