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Postdoctoral ResearcherMax Yavitt image

BEng Chemical Engineering (McMaster University), MSc/PhD Chemical Engineering (University of Colorado Boulder)

Email max.yavitt@otago.ac.nz
Google Scholar F. Max Yavitt
@LabMaxYav
F. Max Yavitt

Dr Max Yavitt is an early career researcher and biomedical engineer working under the supervision of Professor Tim Woodfield in the Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Research Group. Specialising in biomaterial development, his research focuses on the utilisation of novel hydrogel chemistries and biofabrication approaches to direct the organisation of cells and organoids for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.

Publications

Norberg, A. E., Yavitt, F. M., Bakirci, E., Lim, K., Woodfield, T. B. F., & Lindberg, G. C. J. (2025). Spatial patterning of modular gelatin-peroxide microspheres in melt-electrowritten scaffolds provides controlled oxygen generation and mitigates hypoxia and cytotoxicity. Advanced Healthcare Materials. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202503713 Journal - Research Article

Yavitt, M. (2024, July). Combining biomaterials and biofabrication to understand intestinal morphogenesis. UOC Biomedical Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation]. Other Research Output

Kirkpatrick, B., Yavitt, F., Moldovan, R., Dempsey, P., & Anseth, K. (2023, April). Induced epithelial curvature in photopatterned intestinal organoids regulates symmetry breaking via pre-transcriptional changes in membrane tension and resting potential. Verbal presentation at the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, USA. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Mohagheghian, E., Luo, J., Yavitt, F. M., Wei, F., Bhala, P., Amar, K., … Wang, N. (2023). Quantifying stiffness and forces of tumor colonies and embryos using a magnetic microrobot. Science Robotics, 8(74), eadc9800. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.adc9800 Journal - Research Article

Liu, X., Yavitt, F. M., & Gitsov, I. (2023). Supramolecular linear-dendritic nanoreactors: Synthesis and catalytic activity in "green" Suzuki-Miyaura reactions. Polymers, 15(7), 1671. doi: 10.3390/polym15071671 Journal - Research Article

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