Emma N. Welbourne

About

Research Associate in RNA vaccine manufacturing and process development. Working on the UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Award project: Electrospun mucoadhesive matrices for polymersome-mediated mRNA vaccine delivery.

Employment

• University of Sheffield RAEng Enterprise Fellow
  2026 - Present
• RNA Forge Ltd Co-founder & COO
  2026 - Present
• University of Sheffield Post-doctoral research associate
  2022 - 2026
• University of Cambridge Post-doctoral researcher
  2021 - 2021
• University of Cambridge Research Assistant
  2015 - 2016

Education

• University of Cambridge PhD
  2016 - 2020
• University of Bristol MSc Biophysics and Molecular Life Sciences
  2014 - 2015
• University of Cambridge BA Natural Sciences
  2011 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Automated Online Direct mRNA Sequence Mapping Using Partial RNase T1 Digests
  Jessica S. Dale, Emma N. Welbourne, Caroline A. Evans +7 more
  Analytical Chemistry 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c08110
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• Analysis of mRNA multimerisation (aggregation) using non-denaturing ion-pair reversed-phase liquid chromatography
  A. G. Webb, Emma N. Welbourne, Thomas C. Minshull +7 more
  Journal of Chromatography A 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2025.466653
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• Characterisation and analysis of mRNA critical quality attributes using liquid chromatography based methods
  Alexandra L.J. Webb, Emma N. Welbourne, Caroline A. Evans +1 more
  Journal of Chromatography A 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2025.465724
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• Mass spectrometry-based mRNA sequence mapping via complementary RNase digests and bespoke visualisation tools
  Emma N. Welbourne, R.J. Copley, Gareth R. Owen +7 more
  The Analyst 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5AN00033E
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• Quality by design for mRNA platform purification based on continuous oligo-dT chromatography
  Jixin Qu, Adithya Nair, George Muir +7 more
  Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102333
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• An Experimental and Modeling Approach to Study Tangential Flow Filtration Performance for mRNA Drug Substance Purification
  Ehsan Nourafkan, Charlotte Kenyon, Adithya Nair +10 more
  Biotechnology Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202400473
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• Anion exchange HPLC monitoring of mRNA in vitro transcription reactions to support mRNA manufacturing process development
  Emma N. Welbourne, Kate A. Loveday, Adithya Nair +5 more
  Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1250833
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• Weakly coupled synthetic antiferromagnetic nanodisks with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for lab-on-chip devices
  Emma N. Welbourne, Tarun R. Vemulkar, Dorothée C. M. C. Petit

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  • R. P. Cowburn
  Applied Physics Letters 2021 DOI: 10.1063/5.0057721
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• Early detection of kidney cancer using urinary proteins: a truly non‐invasive strategy
  Jordan G. Flitcroft, Jeroen Verheyen, Tarun R. Vemulkar

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  • Emma N. Welbourne
  • Sabrina Helena Rossi
  • Sarah Joanne Welsh
  • R. P. Cowburn
  • Grant Duncan Stewart
  BJU International 2021 DOI: 10.1111/bju.15601
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• Antiferromagnetic nanodiscs with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for biological applications
  2021 DOI: 10.17863/CAM.71250
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• High-yield fabrication of perpendicularly magnetised synthetic antiferromagnetic nanodiscs
  Emma N. Welbourne, Tarun R. Vemulkar, R. P. Cowburn
  Nano Research 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3307-1
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• The mechanical response in a fluid of synthetic antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic microdiscs with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
  Tarun R. Vemulkar, Emma N. Welbourne, Rhodri Mansell

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  • Dorothée C. M. C. Petit
  • R. P. Cowburn
  Applied Physics Letters 2017 DOI: 10.1063/1.4974211
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