F. Max Yavitt

Shaping intestinal organoids: Engineering crypt curvature to guide stem cell niches dlvr.it/TKZWhb

In this @CellBiomat study, Dr. F. Max Yavitt (@LabMaxYav), along with the @AnsethGroup and colleagues, used a photodegradable hydrogel platform to define photosoftened regions that directed the formation of intestinal crypts. #organoids 📍 bit.ly/423bl8S

Excited to be named a CAS Future Leader!

Excited to announce the upcoming @ASBTE1 Regional Showcase in NZ! This event will highlight ECRs (honours, postgrad, postdoc) involved in biomaterial and tissue engineering research. Please submit abstracts by Nov 1 - bit.ly/3UcX2tM. We look forward to seeing you!

‼️New preprint ‼️using fast relaxing and synthetic boronate ester based hydrogels to robustly differentiate intestinal organoids in the absence of supplemental laminin @AnsethGroup @bruceekirk @drblatch @LabMaxYav @lj_macd @KaustavBera11 @BioFrontiers 🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The CReaTE Group had a lot of fun in Auckland for HealthTech Week #HTW24. It was great to share our work and learn more about what is happening in the NZ #medtech community. Congrats to CReaTE PhD student Theresa on her second place presentation! @AxeNorb @Tim_WoodfieldNZ

Please stop by @BurdickLab Poster 088 today at #wbc2024 to see some cool, unpublished work relating to our granular composites! We make them bend now!

Attention @ASBTE1 members! Please come along to our AGM tmr if you’re at @2024Wbc

Witnessed @AnsethGroup alum, friend and amazing scientist @LabMaxYav on both sides of the stage @2024Wbc! Max co-chaired the Hydrogel 2 session and also gave a talk on some of the interesting ongoing work in his postdoc lab @Tim_WoodfieldNZ

Apologies to @gtserop for missing your presentation 🙈 but Kaustav was talking about me!

Great presentation from @KaustavBera11 @AnsethGroup today at #wbc2024, continuing our photopatterned organoid work. It’s great to see how these models are progressing!

Excited to be on my way to #wbc2024! I’ll be presenting some recent work from our group (+@Khoonono’s and others) on diffusion microfluidics. Be sure to also catch @Tim_WoodfieldNZ’s keynote. Looking forward to some great talks.

Had a great time presenting at the MedTech Innovation in Christchurch event yesterday. It's amazing to see such a vibrant community come together to celebrate local achievements in #medtech. Congrats to @Veenendaal_L on her 3rd place presentation! @Tim_WoodfieldNZ @MedtechNZ

Last week marked a momentous occasion as @PedroLavrador1 earned Summa Cum Laude honors for the outstanding defense of his doctoral thesis! 👏👏 All the @COMPASS_RG members wish Pedro the best of luck in all his future endeavors! 🍀

It has been a couple of months but I am happy to announce that I finished my PhD in @AnsethGroup last summer and have started a postdoc with @Tim_WoodfieldNZ @otago. I'm excited to be in Aotearoa New Zealand and I'm looking forward to this new chapter of science!

Abstract submissions have been extended!!! You nave have until 20th Oct to get your abstracts in for one of our regional showcases. Details and submission here 👇 asbte.org/2023-asbte-reg…

@CRoffay .@LabMaxYav and I showed that localized increases in tension visualized with FlipperTR mirror patterns of membrane depolarization (which template YAP expression/symmetry breaking) in photopatterned intestinal organoids! 😎🤓 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

.@LabMaxYav’s second article of 2023 is out in @SciRobotics — a fantastic collaboration with Ning Wang, involving one of our photodegradable hydrogel chemistries. Congratulations to Max and all involved!

🎉 Congratulations @LabMaxYav, @bruceekirk, @drblatch and collaborators for our latest in @ScienceAdvances! Max + coauthors used a photoadaptable hydrogel to manipulate intestinal organoid shape —> altered membrane properties and templated differentiation. science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Had a great first day @ESB_2022! Looking forward to more great talks and glasses of wine in the coming days #ESB2022