Dr Emma Jackson
- Teaching Assistant (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)
email:
Emma.J.Jackson@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Office: Room 515, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-4141Research interests
Research Interests:
- Regenerative medicine
- Biomaterials for tissue engineering
- Magnetic fields for stem cell differentiation
- In vitro models
Background:
Emma is a doctoral graduate in Cell Engineering from the University of Glasgow, where she was funded by EPSRC through lifETIME, a centre for doctoral training in engineered tissues for discovery, industry, and medicine. Her research utilised external magnetic fields and magnetic hydrogels to accelerate osteogenesis in bone tissue engineering, under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Berry and Professor Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez. More recently, she undertook a visiting researcher position at the Centro de Biomateriales e Ingeniería Tisular at the Universitat Politècnica de València to continue her research on biomaterials and tissue engineering.
Research Centres:
Alongside her research interests, Emma has developed a strong interest in higher education pedagogy, science communication and public engagement. Her current educational research explores how public engagement activities can strengthen science communication skills and professional development among neuroscience students. She is also interested in the impact of generative artificial intelligence on bioscience education, including its implications for student learning, assessment, and scientific literacy.
Publications
2025
Jackson, Emma 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-4141, Tsimbouri, Monica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458, Ferrer, Gloria, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Berry, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-2187
(2025)
Magnetic Hydrogels for Bone Tissue Engineering.
TERMIS EU Congress 2025, Freiburg, Germany, 202-23 May 2025.
(doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2025.90912.abstracts.parta)
2024
Schofield, Christina, Sarrigiannidis, Stylianos, Moran-Horowich, Alejandro, Jackson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-4141, Rodrigo-Navarro, Aleixandre ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-0464, Van Agtmael, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-449X, Cantini, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-1508, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100
(2024)
An in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier for the investigation and isolation of the key drivers of barriergenesis.
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 13(32),
2303777.
(doi: 10.1002/adhm.202303777)
(PMID:39101628)
(PMCID:PMC11670300)
Articles
Schofield, Christina, Sarrigiannidis, Stylianos, Moran-Horowich, Alejandro, Jackson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-4141, Rodrigo-Navarro, Aleixandre ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-0464, Van Agtmael, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-449X, Cantini, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-1508, Dalby, Matthew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-3359 and Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100
(2024)
An in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier for the investigation and isolation of the key drivers of barriergenesis.
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 13(32),
2303777.
(doi: 10.1002/adhm.202303777)
(PMID:39101628)
(PMCID:PMC11670300)
Conference or Workshop Item
Jackson, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-4141, Tsimbouri, Monica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5124-7458, Ferrer, Gloria, Salmeron-Sanchez, Manuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-2100 and Berry, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-2187
(2025)
Magnetic Hydrogels for Bone Tissue Engineering.
TERMIS EU Congress 2025, Freiburg, Germany, 202-23 May 2025.
(doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2025.90912.abstracts.parta)
Teaching
Emma is involved in teaching to undergraduate life sciences, including honours level life sciences courses and undergraduate medicine. She currently works with the School of Psychology and Neuroscience. Emma has several years experience teaching within dissection and prosections labs in the Anatomy facility. In addition, Emma holds an Associate Fellowship of RET.
Course Teaching Contributions:
- Medicine, Phase 1: Basic Biomedical Sciences
- Medicine, Phase 2: Systems-based Biomedical Sciences
- Human Biological Sciences 2 - BIOL2043
- Contemporary Issues in Biology 2 - BIOL2040
- Neuroscience 3A - BIOL4234
- Neuroscience 3B - BIOL4235
Emma is currently involved in the redesign of level 2 life science courses for the upcoming academic year:
- Contemporary Issues in Biology 2 - BIOL2040
- Human Biological Sciences 2 - BIOL2043
