Dr Max Yavitt

2026

Journal - Research Article

Beedle, A. E. M., Sharma, V., Oliver-De La Cruz, J., Jaganathan, A., Albajar-Sigalés, A., Yavitt, F. M., … Roca-Cusachs, P. (2026). Fibrillar adhesion dynamics govern the timescales of nuclear mechano-response via the vimentin cytoskeleton. Nature Materials, 25, 1252-1263. doi: 10.1038/s41563-026-02590-x

Blatchley, M. R., Bera, K., Petrich, N. R., Kirkpatrick, B. E., Yavitt, F. M., McGrath, P. S., … Anseth, K. S. (2026). Spatiotemporally controlled matrix softening facilitates deterministic crypt formation in human intestinal organoids. PNAS, 123(29), e2533029123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2533029123

Koenig, T., Yavitt, F. M., Veenendaal, L., & Woodfield, T. B. F. (2026). Tracking spatiotemporal extracellular matrix evolution and tissue fusion in 3D microtissues via Click chemistry-based metabolic labelling. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 15(25), e71301. doi: 10.1002/adhm.71301

Norberg, A. E., Yavitt, F. M., Bakirci, E., Lim, K., Woodfield, T. B. F., & Lindberg, G. C. J. (2026). Spatial patterning of modular gelatin-peroxide microspheres in melt-electrowritten scaffolds provides controlled oxygen generation and mitigates hypoxia and cytotoxicity. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 15(14), e03713. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202503713

2025

Journal - Research Article

Hushka, E. A., Blatchley, M. R., Macdougall, L. J., Yavitt, F. M., Kirkpatrick, B. E., Bera, K., … Anseth, K. S. (2025). Fully synthetic hydrogels promote robust crypt formation in intestinal organoids. Advanced Materials, 37, e09672. doi: 10.1002/adma.202509672

Yavitt, F. M., Khang, A., Bera, K., McNally, D. L., Blatchley, M. R., Gallagher, A. P., … Anseth, K. S. (2025). Engineered epithelial curvature controls Paneth cell localization in intestinal organoids. Cell Biomaterials, 1(3), 100046. doi: 10.1016/j.celbio.2025.100046

2024

Other Research Output

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].

2023

Journal - Research Article

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

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

Yavitt, F. M., Kirkpatrick, B. E., Blatchley, M. R., Speckl, K. F., Mohagheghian, E., Moldovan, R., … Anseth, K. S. (2023). In situ modulation of intestinal organoid epithelial curvature through photoinduced viscoelasticity directs crypt morphogenesis. Science Advances, 9(3), eadd5668. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add5668

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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.

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Yavitt, F. M. (2023). Photoadaptable hydrogels to probe intestinal organoid crypt morphogenesis (PhD). University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/photoadaptable-hydrogels-probe-intestinal/docview/2861594593/se-2?accountid=14700

2022

Journal - Research Article

Yavitt, F. M., Kirkpatrick, B. E., Blatchley, M. R., & Anseth, K. S. (2022). 4D materials with photoadaptable properties instruct and enhance intestinal organoid development. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 8(11), 4634-4638. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01450

Gjorevski, N., Nikolaev, M., Brown, T. E., Mitrofanova, O., Brandenberg, N., DelRio, F. W., Yavitt, F. M., … Lutolf, M. P. (2022). Tissue geometry drives deterministic organoid patterning. Science, 375(6576), eaaw9021. doi: 10.1126/science.aaw9021

Cai, Y., Hernandez, T. S., Yeang, A. L., Strand, M. T., Yavitt, F. M., Abraham, E., & McGehee, M. D. (2022). Gel polymer electrolyte for reversible metal electrodeposition dynamic windows enables dual-working electrodes for faster switching and reflectivity control. Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 4, 1083247.. doi: 10.3389/fnano.2022.1083247

Blatchley, M. R., Günay, K. A., Yavitt, F. M., Hawat, E. M., Dempsey, P. J., & Anseth, K. S. (2022). In situ super-resolution imaging of organoids and extracellular matrix interactions via Phototransfer by Allyl Sulfide Exchange-Expansion Microscopy (PhASE-ExM). Advanced Materials, 34(16), 2109252. doi: 10.1002/adma.202109252

Journal - Research Other

Qazi, T. H., Blatchley, M. R., Davidson, M. D., Yavitt, F. M., Cooke, M. M., Anseth, K. S., & Burdick, J. A. (2022). Programming hydrogels to probe spatiotemporal cell biology. Cell Stem Cell, 29(5), 678-691. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2022.03.013

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Yavitt, M. (2022, September). Photoinduced hydrogel network reorganization modulate intestinal. Keynote presentation at the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) 32nd Annual Conference, Bordeaux, France.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Carberry, B. J., Hergert, J. E., Yavitt, F. M., Hernandez, J. J., Speckl, K. F., Bowman, C. N., … Anseth, K. S. (2021). 3D printing of sacrificial thioester elastomers using digital light processing for templating 3D organoid structures in soft biomatrices. Biofabrication, 13(4), 044104. doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/ac1c98

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Blatchley, M. R., Gunay, K. A., Yavitt, M., Dempsey, P. J., & Anseth, K. S. (2021). Synthetic hydrogels to study ECM dynamics of intestinal organoids. Gastroenterology, 160(6), (pp. S-434). doi: 10.1016/S0016-5085(21)01752-2

2020

Journal - Research Article

Yavitt, F. M., Brown, T. E., Hushka, E. A., Brown, M. E., Gjorevski, N., Dempsey, P. J., … Anseth, K. S. (2020). The effect of thiol structure on allyl sulfide photodegradable hydrogels and their application as a degradable scaffold for organoid passaging. Advanced Materials, 32(30), 1905366. doi: 10.1002/adma.201905366

Hushka, E. A., Yavitt, F. M., Brown, T. E., Dempsey, P. J., & Anseth, K. S. (2020). Relaxation of extracellular matrix forces directs crypt formation and architecture in intestinal organoids. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(8), 190214. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201901214

Grim, J. C., Aguado, B. A., Vogt, B. J., Batan, D., Andrichik, C. L., Schroeder, M. E., … Yavitt, F. M., … Anseth, K. S. (2020). Secreted factors from proinflammatory macrophages promote an osteoblast-like phenotype in valvular interstitial cells. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, & Vascular Biology, 40(11), e296-e308. doi: 10.1161/atvbaha.120.315261

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Hushka, E. A., Yavitt, F. M., Brown, T. E., Dempsey, P. J., & Anseth, K. S. (2020). Intestinal organoids: Relaxation of extracellular matrix forces directs crypt formation and architecture in intestinal organoids [Cover picture]. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9(8), 2070022. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202070022

2018

Journal - Research Article

Brown, T. E., Silver, J. S., Worrell, B. T., Marozas, I. A., Yavitt, F. M., Günay, K. A., … Anseth, K. S. (2018). Secondary photocrosslinking of click hydrogels to probe myoblast mechanotransduction in three dimensions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(37), 11585-11588. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b07551

2014

Journal - Research Article

Smeets, N. M. B., Patenaude, M., Kinio, D., Yavitt, F. M., Bakaic, E., Yang, F.-C., … Hoare, T. (2014). Injectable hydrogels with in situ-forming hydrophobic domains: Oligo (D, L-lactide) modified poly (oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) hydrogels. Polymer Chemistry, 5(23), 6811-6823. doi: 10.1039/C4PY00810C

Smeets, N. M. B., Bakaic, E., Yavitt, F. M., Yang, F.-C., Rheinstädter, M. C., & Hoare, T. (2014). Probing the internal morphology of injectable poly (oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) hydrogels by light and small-angle neutron scattering. Macromolecules, 47(17), 3017-6027. doi: 10.1021/ma5011827