Assistant Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado, United States
Dr. Nikki Farnsworth is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. She is also Affiliate Member and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Prior to joining the Mines faculty, she completed her postdoctoral training at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes in the Bioengineering and Pediatrics department under Dr. Richard Benninger, working at the intersection of cell biology, diabetes, and biophysics. Dr. Farnsworth completed her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, under Dr. Stephanie Bryant working on cartilage tissue engineering. She completed her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Diabetes Association, the NIH NIDDK, the NIH Diabetes Research Center, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust George Eisenbarth Award from nPOD currently fund her lab.
Targeted Drug Delivery to Human β-Cells Using Novel Nanocapsule Delivery Vehicle for T1D Treatment
Friday, October 13, 2023
2:35 PM - 2:40 PM PDT