Dr Neil Wedlock is a Principal scientist leading the immunology component of Lucidome Bio’s methane vaccine research. Neil is an AgResearch employee seconded to Lucidome Bio. Neil graduated with a PhD in Microbiology from Massey University in New Zealand and after postdoctoral positions at the University of Oxford and the University of Sheffield in the UK was employed as Senior Molecular Biologist at RSR Ltd in Cardiff helping identify key autoantigens involved in human autoimmune diseases.  Upon returning to New Zealand and joining AgResearch in 1994, Neil developed expertise in ruminant immunology and has over 30 years’ experience in vaccinology and immune based diagnostics. He was part of an internationally recognised team, testing and validating a vaccine for control of tuberculosis in cattle and developing better skin test reagents for diagnosis of infection.  He has led projects developing vaccines for bovine mastitis and ovine pneumonia and with the University of Wellington tested efficacy of a new class of adjuvant for veterinary use, with an adjuvant now progressing to commercialisation. He was part of the Animal Biosecurity Research Team recognised at the Science NZ awards in 2023. Neil has been involved in New Zealand’s vaccine development programme since 2007, leading a multi-disciplinary team working on a vaccine to reduce methane emissions from farmed ruminants since 2011.