(Anseth, Kristi - 2024) -- Special Prize for Women Innovators
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Kristi Anseth, a Distinguished Professor and Tisone Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators in recognition of her pioneering research in tissue engineering. Winners were selected from nearly 1,500 scientific nominations spanning more than 80 countries and territories worldwide. Anseth, also the associate faculty director of CU Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute, said she was deeply honored to receive the recognition. Anseth designs biomaterials that interact with living tissues to promote repair and regeneration, aiding in healing injuries and diseases. Her lab works with hydrogels—a degradable biomaterial—to deliver molecules at the right time and sequence to accelerate the healing process. Her team is also growing miniaturized versions of heart cells and tissues, known as organoids, to better understand disease mechanisms and explore new types of heart disease treatments, such as to repair heart muscles after heart attacks.
Anseth said she has been fortunate to work in the dynamic and evolving field of biomaterials and to be working at CU Boulder.
