Dr Hannah Donnelly

  • Research Fellow (Molecular Biosciences)

Research interests

Bioengineering human tissue models of key immune system organs, like bone marrow and lymph nodes, as non-animal drug testing platforms and to better understand their function in health and disease.

Publications

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2025

Rogkoti, Theodora, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 (2025) Mechanical signatures of the bone marrow niche. Nature Reviews Bioengineering, (doi: 10.1038/s44222-025-00305-6) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Donnelly, H. et al. (2024) Bioengineered niches that recreate physiological extracellular matrix organisation to support long-term haematopoietic stem cells. Nature Communications, 15, 5791. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50054-0)

Doherty-Boyd, W. Sebastian, Tsimbouri, Monica P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2024) Building bones for blood and beyond: the growing field of bone marrow niche model development. Experimental Hematology, 135, 104232. (doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2024.104232) (PMID:38729553)

2023

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Mandrou, Elena and Insall, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X (2023) Sinking while you swim: a dual role for CCR7 in leukocyte migration. Science Immunology, 8(87), eadj3102. (doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adj3102) (PMID:37656778)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Sprott, Mark R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-9498, Poudel, Anup, Campsie, Paul, Childs, Peter, Reid, Stuart, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Biggs, Manus (2023) Surface modified piezoelectric co-polymer poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) supports physiological extracellular matrices to enhance mesenchymal stem cell adhesion for nanoscale mechanical stimulation. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(44), pp. 50652-50662. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c05128) (PMID:37718477) (PMCID:PMC10636716)

Pirillo, C. et al. (2023) Cotransfer of antigen and contextual information harmonizes peripheral and lymph node conventional dendritic cell activation. Science Immunology, 8(85), eadg8249. (doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adg8249) (PMID:37478193) (PMCID:PMC7616026)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Kurjan, Alina, Yong, Li Yenn, Xiao, Yinbo, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, West, Christopher, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2023) Fibronectin matrix assembly and TGFβ1 presentation for chondrogenesis of patient derived pericytes for microtia repair. Biomaterials Advances, 148, 213370. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213370) (PMID:36931082)

Ross, E. A. et al. (2023) Nanotopography reveals metabolites that maintain the immunomodulatory phenotype of mesenchymal stromal cells. Nature Communications, 14, 753. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36293-7) (PMID:36765065) (PMCID:PMC9918539)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Vermeulen, Steven, Tsimbouri, Monica ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2023) Cell–material interactions. In: De Boer, Jan and Van Blitterswijk, Clemens A. (eds.) Tissue Engineering. Elsevier, pp. 261-292. ISBN 9780128244593 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-824459-3.00008-1)

2022

Xiao, Yinbo, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Sprott, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-9498, Luo, Jiajun, Jayawarna, Vineetha, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Tsimbouri, P. Monica ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458, Meek, R.M. Dominic, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2022) Material-driven fibronectin and vitronectin assembly enhances BMP-2 presentation and osteogenesis. Materials Today Bio, 16, 100367. (doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100367) (PMID:35937570) (PMCID:PMC9352550)

Luo, Jiajun, Walker, Matthew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-9118, Xiao, Yinbo, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 (2022) The influence of nanotopography on cell behaviour through interactions with the extracellular matrix – a review. Bioactive Materials, 15, pp. 145-159. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.11.024)

Xiao, Yinbo, McGuinness, Chanelle A.S., Doherty-Boyd, W. Sebabstian, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2022) Current insights into the bone marrow niche: from biology in vivo to bioengineering ex vivo. Biomaterials, 286, 121568. (doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121568) (PMID:35580474)

2021

Gavazzo, Paola, Viti, Federica, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Oliva, Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Vassalli, Massimo (2021) Biophysical phenotyping of mesenchymal stem cells along the osteogenic differentiation pathway. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 37(6), pp. 915-933. (doi: 10.1007/s10565-020-09569-7) (PMID:33420657)

2020

Cantini, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-1508, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 (2020) The plot thickens: the emerging role of matrix viscosity in cell mechanotransduction. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(8), 1901259. (doi: 10.1002/adhm.201901259) (PMID:31815372)

2019

Cheng, Z. A. et al. (2019) Nanoscale coatings for ultralow dose BMP‐2‐driven regeneration of critical‐sized bone defects. Advanced Science, 6(2), 1800361. (doi: 10.1002/advs.201800361) (PMID:30693176) (PMCID:PMC6343071)

2018

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Sweeten, Paula E. (2018) Current approaches for modulation of the nanoscale interface in the regulation of cell behavior. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 14(7), pp. 2455-2464. (doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.03.020) (PMID:28552647) (PMCID:PMC6173683)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2018) Designing stem cell niches for differentiation and self-renewal. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 15(145), 20180388. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0388) (PMID:30158185) (PMCID:PMC6127175)

Robertson, S. N. et al. (2018) Control of cell behaviour through nanovibrational stimulation: nanokicking. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2120), 20170290. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0290) (PMID:29661978) (PMCID:PMC5915650)

2017

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Smith, Carol-Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-7407, Sweeten, Paula E., Gadegaard, Nikolaj ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X, Meek, Dominic, D'Este, Matteo, Mata, Alvaro, Eglin, David and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2017) Bone and cartilage differentiation of a single stem cell population driven by material interface. Journal of Tissue Engineering, 8, pp. 1-10. (doi: 10.1177/2041731417705615) (PMID:28567273) (PMCID:PMC5438107)

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Articles

Rogkoti, Theodora, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 (2025) Mechanical signatures of the bone marrow niche. Nature Reviews Bioengineering, (doi: 10.1038/s44222-025-00305-6) (Early Online Publication)

Donnelly, H. et al. (2024) Bioengineered niches that recreate physiological extracellular matrix organisation to support long-term haematopoietic stem cells. Nature Communications, 15, 5791. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50054-0)

Doherty-Boyd, W. Sebastian, Tsimbouri, Monica P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2024) Building bones for blood and beyond: the growing field of bone marrow niche model development. Experimental Hematology, 135, 104232. (doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2024.104232) (PMID:38729553)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Mandrou, Elena and Insall, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-040X (2023) Sinking while you swim: a dual role for CCR7 in leukocyte migration. Science Immunology, 8(87), eadj3102. (doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adj3102) (PMID:37656778)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Sprott, Mark R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-9498, Poudel, Anup, Campsie, Paul, Childs, Peter, Reid, Stuart, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Biggs, Manus (2023) Surface modified piezoelectric co-polymer poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) supports physiological extracellular matrices to enhance mesenchymal stem cell adhesion for nanoscale mechanical stimulation. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(44), pp. 50652-50662. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c05128) (PMID:37718477) (PMCID:PMC10636716)

Pirillo, C. et al. (2023) Cotransfer of antigen and contextual information harmonizes peripheral and lymph node conventional dendritic cell activation. Science Immunology, 8(85), eadg8249. (doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adg8249) (PMID:37478193) (PMCID:PMC7616026)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Kurjan, Alina, Yong, Li Yenn, Xiao, Yinbo, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, West, Christopher, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2023) Fibronectin matrix assembly and TGFβ1 presentation for chondrogenesis of patient derived pericytes for microtia repair. Biomaterials Advances, 148, 213370. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213370) (PMID:36931082)

Ross, E. A. et al. (2023) Nanotopography reveals metabolites that maintain the immunomodulatory phenotype of mesenchymal stromal cells. Nature Communications, 14, 753. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36293-7) (PMID:36765065) (PMCID:PMC9918539)

Xiao, Yinbo, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Sprott, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-9498, Luo, Jiajun, Jayawarna, Vineetha, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Tsimbouri, P. Monica ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458, Meek, R.M. Dominic, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2022) Material-driven fibronectin and vitronectin assembly enhances BMP-2 presentation and osteogenesis. Materials Today Bio, 16, 100367. (doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100367) (PMID:35937570) (PMCID:PMC9352550)

Luo, Jiajun, Walker, Matthew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-9118, Xiao, Yinbo, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 (2022) The influence of nanotopography on cell behaviour through interactions with the extracellular matrix – a review. Bioactive Materials, 15, pp. 145-159. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.11.024)

Xiao, Yinbo, McGuinness, Chanelle A.S., Doherty-Boyd, W. Sebabstian, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2022) Current insights into the bone marrow niche: from biology in vivo to bioengineering ex vivo. Biomaterials, 286, 121568. (doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121568) (PMID:35580474)

Gavazzo, Paola, Viti, Federica, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Oliva, Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Vassalli, Massimo (2021) Biophysical phenotyping of mesenchymal stem cells along the osteogenic differentiation pathway. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 37(6), pp. 915-933. (doi: 10.1007/s10565-020-09569-7) (PMID:33420657)

Cantini, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-1508, Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 (2020) The plot thickens: the emerging role of matrix viscosity in cell mechanotransduction. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(8), 1901259. (doi: 10.1002/adhm.201901259) (PMID:31815372)

Cheng, Z. A. et al. (2019) Nanoscale coatings for ultralow dose BMP‐2‐driven regeneration of critical‐sized bone defects. Advanced Science, 6(2), 1800361. (doi: 10.1002/advs.201800361) (PMID:30693176) (PMCID:PMC6343071)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Sweeten, Paula E. (2018) Current approaches for modulation of the nanoscale interface in the regulation of cell behavior. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 14(7), pp. 2455-2464. (doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.03.020) (PMID:28552647) (PMCID:PMC6173683)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2018) Designing stem cell niches for differentiation and self-renewal. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 15(145), 20180388. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0388) (PMID:30158185) (PMCID:PMC6127175)

Robertson, S. N. et al. (2018) Control of cell behaviour through nanovibrational stimulation: nanokicking. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2120), 20170290. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0290) (PMID:29661978) (PMCID:PMC5915650)

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Smith, Carol-Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-7407, Sweeten, Paula E., Gadegaard, Nikolaj ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-846X, Meek, Dominic, D'Este, Matteo, Mata, Alvaro, Eglin, David and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2017) Bone and cartilage differentiation of a single stem cell population driven by material interface. Journal of Tissue Engineering, 8, pp. 1-10. (doi: 10.1177/2041731417705615) (PMID:28567273) (PMCID:PMC5438107)

Book Sections

Donnelly, Hannah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5154-9971, Vermeulen, Steven, Tsimbouri, Monica ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458 and Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 (2023) Cell–material interactions. In: De Boer, Jan and Van Blitterswijk, Clemens A. (eds.) Tissue Engineering. Elsevier, pp. 261-292. ISBN 9780128244593 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-824459-3.00008-1)

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • EcMagine': Extracellular Matrix ageing across the life course interdisciplinary research network
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2024 - 2025
     
  • Lymph node organoids come of age
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2024 - 2027
     
  • Molecular basis for Rift Valley fever phlebovirus NSs protein function
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2022 - 2023
     
  • Engineered microenvironments to support CRISPR-edited hematopoietic stem cells in vitro.
    The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
    2020 - 2020
     

Professional activities & recognition

Research fellowships

  • 2024 - 2027: BBSRC Discovery Fellowship

Research datasets

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2024

Donnelly, H., Dalby, M. and Xiao, Y. (2024) Bioengineered niches that recreate physiological extracellular matrix organisation to support long-term haematopoietic stem cells. [Data Collection]

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Hannah Donnelly

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