Dr Emma Stewart
Research Associate in Cellular Bioelectricity
Emma joined the team in 2025 as a Research Associate, working on the development of models and protcols for interrogating bioelectricity.
Emma's career began with a BSc in Biochemistry with a Year in Industry, spending a year working in the in vitro pharmacology team at Takeda Cambridge, and a final year project with Dr Gareth Evans (University of York) looking at Src kinases.
Emma then completed a PhD in Mechanistic Biology with Professor Dawn Coverley (University of York) looking at mechanisms of epigenetic maintenance in somatic cells, and how these regulatory processes are disrupted in development and disease. Her PhD included a 3 month placement at York St John University teaching on the Biomedical Sciences course, particularly in cell and molecular biology.
Following her PhD, Emma undertook a Teaching & Scholarship post; teaching across a wide range of modules cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and biomedical sciences including supervision of project students.
Following this post, she returned to the laboratory of Professor Dawn Coverley in a post doctoral role funded by the Medical Research Council, continuing her PhD research into epigenetic maintenance and how this is disrupted in early stages of disease.
Employment
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| 2025–present | Research Associate in Cellular Bioelectricity, University of York |
| 2023–2025 | Research Associate (0.66FTE) & Associate Lecturer (0.33 FTE), University of York |
| 2021-2023 | Research Associate, University of York |
| 2019-2021 | Associate Lecturer, University of York |
Education
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| 2018-2019 | York Professional and Academic Development, AFHEA, Univesity of York |
| 2018-2018 | Visiting Researcher, York St John University |
| 2015-2018 | PhD in Mechanistic Biology, University of York |
| 2013-2014 | In vitro Pharmacology Industrial Placement, Takeda Cambridge |
| 2011-2015 | BSc Biochemistry with a Year in Industry, University of York |
Teaching
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Research Project Supervisor (BIO00071M) |
| 2024-2025 | Lecturer, Molecules of Life (BIO00029C) |
| 2023-2025 | Tutorial Supervisor, (BIO00026C, BIO00065I and BIO00066I) |
| 2023-2024 | Lecturer, Genetics (BIO00028C) |
| 2020-2021 | Lecturer, Introduction to Biomedical Sciences (BIO00018C) |
| 2021-2021 | Lecturer, Laboratory and Professional Skills for Bioscientists (BIO00017C and BIO00058I) |
| 2019-2021 | Research Project Supervisor (BIO000028H) |
| 2019-2021 | Tutorial Supervisor, Stage 1 and Stage 2 |
| 2019-2021 | Lecturer, Genome Expression and Maintenance (BIO00051I) |
| 2019-2020 | Lecturer, Advanced Topics in Molecular Biology (BIO00071H) |