My paper, “Biophysically Defined and Cytocompatible Covalently Adaptable Networks as Viscoelastic 3D Cell Culture Systems,” appeared online in Advanced Materials, the leading weekly materials science journal, today (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201303680/abstract). In this work I described the development of a cytocompatible covalently adaptable network based on the aryl and aliphatic hydrazone bonds, the characterization of its viscoelastic properties, and the cellular response to encapsulation. I am extremely proud of this work and believe it represents a genuine step forward in the synthetic scaffolds world. I have already planned and begun executing several follow-up studies and look forward to sharing more as these projects progress. The image below shows a C2C12 myoblast encapsulated in a fast relaxing, mixed, and slow relaxing hydrogel and the beginnings of a myotube, from left to right.