Dr Emma Jackson
- Lecturer in Biomedical Science (Medicine)
email:
Emma.J.Jackson@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Room 407, Wolfson Medical School Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-4141Biography
Dr Emma Jackson is a Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences in the Undergraduate Medical School and co-leads Phase 1 Medicine.
With a background in anatomy, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, she teaches across medical and biomedical science programmes, contributing to anatomy teaching, problem-based learning and curriculum development.
Emma holds a BSc (Hons) in Anatomy and a PhD in Cell Engineering from the University of Glasgow. Her interests include medical education, technology-enhanced learning, assessment and curriculum design, and education scholarship.
Research interests
Research Interests:
- Regenerative medicine
- Biomaterials for tissue engineering
- Stem cell differentiation
- In vitro models
Background:
Emma completed a PhD in Cell Engineering at the University of Glasgow, funded by EPSRC lifETIME Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry, and Medicine. Her doctoral research investigated the use of external magnetic fields and magnetic hydrogels to promote stem cell differentiation and enhance osteogeneisis for bone tissue engineering. 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:
Educational Scholarship Interests:
Alongside her background in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, Emma has developed interests in higher education pedagogy, science communication and public engagement. Her current scholarship activities explore the role of public engagement in developing communication and professional skills among bioscience students, as well as 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
Course Co-ordination:
- Medicine, Phase 1 - Co-lead
Course Teaching Contributions:
- Medicine, Phase 1: Basic Biomedical Sciences
- Medicine, Phase 2: Systems-based Biomedical Sciences
- Human Biological Sciences 2C - BIOL2043
- Contemporary Issues in Biology 2Y - BIOL2040
- Neuroscience 3A - BIOL4234
- Neuroscience 3B - BIOL4235
Curriculum Design and Development:
Emma is currently involved in the design of two new Level 2 life science courses for the upcoming academic year:
- Core Concepts in Human Biological Sciences 2Y - BIOL2040
- Investigating Human Biological Sciences 2C - BIOL2043
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2026: Public Engagement and Outreach Award (Anatomical Society)
- 2026: Pickford Travelling Fellowship (School of Psychology and Neuroscience)
- 2024: Significant Contribution to Innovation, Engagement and Enterprise (School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow)
- 2023: Symposium Poster Presentation Prize (Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative Symposium)
Professional & learned societies
- 2019 - Present: Full Member, Anatomical Society
- 2026 - Present: Early Career Member, Association for the Study of Medical Education
- 2021 - 2025: PGR Committee Member, Tissue and Cell Engineering Society
- 2023 - 2025: PGR Member, School of Molecular Biosciences IEE Board
Selected international presentations
- 2025: TERMIS EU (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
