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Dr. Kai Maass
Scientific Coworker
Phone and fax:
+49 641 99-34030 (office)
+49 641 99-34301 (secr.)
+49 641 99-34039 (fax)
E-Mail:
kai.maass(at)org.chemie.uni-giessen.de
Office:
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 19, Room C102
D-35392 Giessen
Address:
Institute of Organical Chemistry
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 19
D-35392 Giessen

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Date of Birth:

06.01.1972

Place of Birth:

Hamburg

Education:

 
2012 - Diversity - Consultant Faculty of Biology and Chemistry
2011 - Coordinator Master's Degree "Bioinformatics and Systems Biology"

2010 -2012

Post Doc position
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Giessen
Software development for Mass Spectrometers, Mass Spectrometry of Glycoconjugates

2005 - 2010

Post Doc position
Institute for Biochemistry, Giessen
Mass Spectrometry of Glycoconjugates

2002 - 2005

Post Doc position
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Giessen
Software development for Mass Spectrometers, 3D-SMALDI

1998 - 2002

Work towards Dr. rer. nat. degree (advisor Prof. Dr. R. Glaum)
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Giessen
"Neues von quaternaeren Phosphaten der zweiwertigen 3-d Uebergangsmetalle"

1997

Diploma Thesis (advisors Prof. Dr. R. Glaum and Prof. Dr. R. Gruehn)
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Giessen
"Untersuchungen zur Synthese und Kristallchemie neuer Oxoverbindungen des zweiwertigen Chroms"

1992 - 1997

Studies in Chemistry
Justus Liebig University Giessen

 

 

Fields of Research

 

 

Structure Analysis of Human Milk Oligosaccharides

 

Software development for automatic glycan structure detection

 

Glycan Database Development

 

Mass Spectrometry of Glycoconjugates

 

Software development for Mass Spectrometers.

 

Analysis of complex native peptide systems by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

 

3D-SMALDI

 

Synthesis and characterisation of anhydrous chromium(II)-phosphates and quaternary phosphates of divalent metal cations.

 

Colour of anhydrous nickel(II)-oxocompounds.

 

 

Articles

 
[16] C. Paschke, A. Leisner, A. Hester, K. Maass, S. Guenther, W. Bouschen, B. Spengler
Mirion - A Software Package for Automatic Processing of Mass Spectrometric Images
JASMS (2013) doi: 10.1007/s13361-013-0667-0
[15] D. Damerell, A. Ceroni, K. Maass, R. Ranzinger, A. Dell, S.M. Haslam
The GycanBuilder and GlycoWorkbench Gylcoinformatics Tools: Updates and New Developments
Biol. Chem. 393 (2012), 1357-1362.
[14] D. Blank, H. Geyer, K.Maass, K. Yamashita, R. Geyer
Elucidation of a novel lacto-N-decaose core structur ein human milk using nonlinear analytical technique combination
Anal. Biochem. 421 (2012), 680-690.
[13] D. Blank, S. Gebhardt, K. Maass, G. Lochnit, V. Dotz, J. Blank, R. Geyer, C. Kunz
High-throughput Mass Finger Printing and Lewis Blood Group Assignment of Human Milk Oligosaccharides
Anal. and Bioanal. Chem. 401 (2011), 2495-2510.

[12]

C.W. von der Lieth, A. Arda Freire, D. Blank, M.P. Campbell, A. Ceroni, D.R. Damerell, A. Dell, R.A. Dwek, B. Ernst, R. Fogh, M. Frank, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, M.J. Harrison, K. Henrick, S. Herget, W.E. Hull, J. Ionides, H.J. Joshi, J.P. Kamerling, B.R. Leeflang, T. Lütteke, M. Lundborg, K. Maass, A. Merry, R. Ranzinger, J. Rosen, L. Royle, P.M. Rudd, S. Schloissnig, R. Stenutz, W.F. Vranken, G. Widmalm, S.M. Haslam,
EUROCarbDB: An open-access platform for glycoinformatics
Glycobiology 21 (2011) 493 – 502.

[11]

S.P. Galuska, H. Geyer, C. Bleckmann, R.C. Röhrich, K. Maass, A.K. Bergfeld, M. Mühlenhoff, R. Geyer,
Mass spectrometric Fragmentation Analysis of Oligosialic and Polysialic Acids
Anal. Chem. 82 (2010) 2059-2066

[10]

D. von Witzendorff, K. Maass, A. Pich, S. Ebeling, S. Kölle, C. Kochel, M. Ekhlasi-Hundrieser, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, E. Töpfer-Petersen,
Characterisation of the acidic N-linked glycans of the zona pelucida of prebuberal pigs by a mass spectrometric approach
Carbohydr. Res. 344 (2009) 1541-1549

[9]

A. Ceroni, K. Maass, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, A. Dell, S.M. Haslam,
GlycoWorkbench: a tool for the computer-assisted annotation of mass spectra of glycans
J. Proteome Res. 7(4) (2008) 1650-1659

[8]

S. Herget, R. Ranzinger, K. Maass, C.W. von der Lieth,
GlycoCT - a unifying sequence format for carbohydrates
Carbohydr. Res. 343(12) (2008) 2162-2171

[7]

K. Maaß, R. Ranzinger, H. Geyer, C. von der Lieth, and R. Geyer,
"Glyco-Peakfinder" - De Novo Composition Analysis of Glycoconjugates
Proteomics 7 (2007) 4435-4444

[6]

T. Lehr, H. Geyer, K. Maaß, M. J. Doenhoff, R. Geyer
"Structural characterization of N-glycans from the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata cross-reacting with Schistosoma mansoni glycoconjugates."
Glycobiology 17 (2007) 82-103

[5]

K. Maaß, R. Glaum, R. Gruehn
"Beitraege zum thermischen Verhalten und zur Kristallchemie von wasserfreien Phosphaten XXXII
Neue Orthophosphate des zweiwertigen Chroms - Mg3Cr3(PO4)4, Mg3,75Cr2,25(PO4)4,
Ca3Cr3(PO4)4 und Ca2,00Cr4,00(PO4)4"
Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 628 (2002) 1663 - 1672.

[4]

K. Maaß, R. Glaum, R. Gruehn
"Beitraege zum thermischen Verhalten und zur Kristallchemie von wasserfreien Phosphaten XXXI
(Mg1-xCrx)2P2O7, CaCrP2O7, SrCrP2O7 und BaCrP2O7 - Neue Diphosphate des zweiwertigen Chroms"
Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 627 (2001) 2081 – 2090.

[3]

B. El-Bali, A. Boukhari, J. Aride, K. Maaß, D. Wald, R. Glaum, F. Abraham
"Contributions on Crystal Structures and Thermal Behaviour of Anhydrous Phosphates. XXX
Crystal structure and colour of SrNiP2O7 and SrNi3(P2O7)2"
Solid State Sciences 3 (2001) 669-676.

[2]

B. El-Bali, A. Boukhari, R. Glaum, M. Gerk, K. Maaß
"Contributions on Crystal Structures and Thermal Behaviour of Anhydrous Phosphates. XXIX
Preparation and Structure Determination of SrMn2(PO4)2 and Redetermination of
b'-Mn3(PO4)2"
Z. anorg. allg. Chem. 626 (2000) 2557 - 2562.

[1]

K. Maaß, R. Glaum
"Strontium chromium(II) diphosphate SrCrP2O7"
Acta Cryst. C56 (2000) 404 - 406.

 

 

 

Book Chapters

 

[4]

R. Ranzinger, K. Maaß, T. Lütteke
"Bioinformatics Databases and Applications Available for Glycobiology and Glycomics"
in R. Owens, J. Nettleship Editors “Functional and Structural Proteomics of Glycoproteins”
DOI 10.1007(978-90-481-9355-4_3), Springer Science+Business Media B.V. (2010).

[3]

K. Maass, A. Ceroni
"Software Tools for Semi-Automatic Interpretation of Mass Spectra of Glycans"
in C.W. von der Lieth, T. Luetteke, M. Frank Editors “Bioinformatics for Glycobiology and Glycomics: An Introduction” 1st edition
Wiley-VCH Weinheim (2009) .

[2]

A. Ceroni, H. J. Joshi, K. Maaß, R. Ranzinger, C.W. von der Lieth
"Informatics Tools for Glycomics: Assited Interpretation and Annotation of Mass Spectra"
in B. O. Fraser-Reid, K. Tatsuta, J. Thiem Editors "Glycoscience" 2nd edition
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York (2008) 2219-2240.

[1]

B. Spengler, K. Maaß
"Spektralanalyse - ein Regenbogen im Labor"
in „Justus Liebig: Seine Zeit und unsere Zeit“
Herausgeber: Justus Liebig Universität Gießen (2003) 82 – 85.

 

 

 

 

Poster

 
[28] V. Dotz, S. Rudloff, D. Blank, S. Gebhardt, K. Maass, R. Geyer, C. Kunz
“MALDI-MS profiles of 13C-enriched oligosaccharides in milk and infant urine”
22th Glycobiology Conference, Lille, France (November 2011)
[27] D. Blank, K. Maass, V. Dotz, S. Gebhardt, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
“Lewis Blood Group Detection from Human Milk Oligosaccharide Mass Finger Prints”
4th annual GGL Conference, Giessen, Germany (September 2011)
[26] D. Blank, K. Maass, V. Dotz, S. Gebhardt, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
“Lewis Blood Group Detection from Human Milk Oligosaccharide Mass Finger Prints”
Molecular Life Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany (July 2011)
[25] V. Dotz, S. Rudloff, D. Blank, S. Gebhardt, K. Maass, R. Geyer, C. Kunz
“Oligosaccharide MALDI-MS profiles in milk and urine from mother-child pairs“
Glycobiology of Human Milk Oligosaccharides, Copenhagen, Denmark (May 2011)
[24] D. Blank, K. Maass, V. Dotz, S. Gebhardt, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
“Lewis Blood Group Detection from Human Milk Oligosaccharide Mass Finger Prints”
Glycobiology of Human Milk Oligosaccharides, Copenhagen, Denmark (May 2011)
[23] D. Blank, K. Maass, V. Dotz, S. Gebhardt, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
“Lewis Blood Group Detection from Human Milk Oligosaccharide Mass Finger Prints”
5th Glycan Forum, Berlin, Germany (March 2011)
[22] D. Blank, K. Maass, N. Metz, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
“Strategies for Mass Spectrometric Mapping of Human Milk Oligosaccharides”
20th Glycobiology meeting, Köln (November 8 – November 10, 2009)
[21] S. Galuska, C. Bleckmann, K. Maass, A. Bergfeld, M. Mühlenhoff, R. Geyer, H. Geyer
„Mass spectrometric fragmentation analysis of oligo- and polysialic acid“
Eurocarb 15, Vienna (July 19 – July 24, 2009)

[20]

E. Töpfer-Petersen, K. Maass, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, D. von Witzendorf, A. Pich
“Mass Spectrometric Characterization of N-linked Glycans of the Zona Pellucida of pigs”
19th  Glycobiology meeting, Wageningen, The Netherlands (November 30 - December 1, 2008)

[19]

D. Blank, K. Maass, N. Metz, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
"Strategies for Mass Sectrometric Mapping of Human Milk Oligosaccharides"
20th Glycobiology meeting, Köln (November 8 – November 10, 2008).

[19]

D. Blank, K. Maass, N. Metz, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
"Strategies for Mass Sectrometric Mapping of Human Milk Oligosaccharides"
20th Glycobiology meeting, Köln (November 8 – November 10, 2008).

[18]

D. Blank, K. Maass, N. Metz, C. Kunz, R. Geyer
"Correlation Between Human Milk Oligosaccharides And Lewis-Blood Groups of Different Donors"
19th Glycobiology meeting, Wagenigen, The Netherlands (November 30 - December 1, 2008).

[17]

E. Töpfer-Petersen, K. Maass, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, D. von Witzendorf, A. Pich
"Mass Spectrometric Characterization of N-linked Glycans of the Zona Pellucida of pigs"
19th Glycobiology meeting, Wagenigen, The Netherlands (November 30 - December 1, 2008).

[16]

D. Blank, K. Maass, G. Lochnit, H. Geyer, R. Geyer
" Reinvestigation of Carbohydrate Structures of Batroxobin"
DGMS Jahrestagung 2008, Gießen (March 2 – March 5, 2008).

[15]

K. Maass, R. Ranzinger, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, and C.-W. von der Lieth
" "Glyco-Peakfinder” - Automated Annotation of MS Peaks for Data Base Entries of Carbohydrates in EUROCarbDB "
DGMS Jahrestagung 2008, Gießen (March 2 – March 5, 2008).

[14]

K. Maass, A. Ceroni, R. Ranzinger, H. Geyer, A. Dell, S. Haslam, and R. Geyer
" EUROCarbDB: a database resource for evaluation of mass spectrometric data of glycans"
4th Glycan Forum Berlin (May 23 - May 24, 2008).

[13]

A. Ceroni, K. Maaß, S. Haslam
" New strategies for structure determination of glycans II: GlycoWorkbench"
17th Glycobiology meeting, Bruges, Belgium (November 5 - November 7 2006).

[12]

K. Maaß, R. Ranzinger, H. Geyer, C. W. von der Lieth, R. Geyer
" New strategies for structure determination of glycans I: GlycoPeakfinder"
17th Glycobiology meeting, Bruges, Belgium (November 5 - November 7 2006).

[11]

K. Maaß, R. Ranzinger, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, C. W. von der Lieth
" “Glyco-Peakfinder” – Automated Annotation for MS Peaks of Carbohydrates and Data Base Search in EUROCarbDB "
Proceedings of the 54st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Seattle, USA (May 28 – June 1 2006).

[10]

K. Maaß, R. Ranzinger, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, C. W. von der Lieth
" “Glyco-Peakfinder” – Automated Annotation for MS Peaks of Carbohydrates and Data Base Search in EUROCarbDB "
DGMS Jahrestagung 2006, Mainz (March 5 – March 8, 2006).

[9]

A. Hester, W. Bouschen, K.-P. Hinz, A. Leisner, K. Maass, B. Spengler
"A Robust Peak Detection Algorithm for Mass Spectrometric Data "
Proceedings of the 53rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, San Antonio, USA (June 5 – June 9, 2005).

[8]

K. Maaß, R. Ranzinger, H. Geyer, R. Geyer, C. W. von der Lieth
" “Glyco-Peakfinder” - Automated Annotation of MS Peaks for Data Base Entries of Carbohydrates in EUROCarbDB "
DGMS Jahrestagung 2006, Mainz (05.03. - 08.03. 2006).

[7]

A. Hester, W. Bouschen, K.-P. Hinz, A. Leisner, K. Maaß, B. Spengler
" A Robust Peak Detection Algorithm for Mass Spectrometric Data "
DGMS Jahrestagung 2006, Mainz (05.03. - 08.03. 2006).

[6]

K. Maaß, W. Bouschen, A. Leisner, B. Spengler
" Flugzeiteffekte in der topologischen Massenspektrometrie "
DGMS Jahrestagung 2005, Rostock (06.03. - 09.03. 2005).

[5]

K. Maaß, W. Bouschen, B. Spengler
" Development of Topological Mass Spectrometry in Surface Microanalysis "
10th International Conference Desorption 2004, St. Petersburg (August 29 - September 2 2004).

[4]

W. Bouschen, D. Kirsch, K. Maaß, B. Spengler
" Automated Scanning Microprobe MALDI Mass Spectrometry for Characterization of Bioactive Surfaces with 1 µm Lateral Resolution"
14th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Edinburgh (August 31 - September 5 2003).

[3]

W. Bouschen, K. Maaß, B. Spengler
"Automated 3D-MALDI imaging with lateral resolution of 1 µm"
Proceedings of the 51st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Montreal, Canada (June 8 – 12 2003).

[2]

K. Maaß, R. Glaum
"Bindungsparameter zur Beschreibung der Farben von Nickel(II)-Phosphaten"
Posterbeitrag zur 10. Vortragstagung "Anorganische Funktionsmaterialien" der GDCh-Fachgruppe Festkoerperchemie, Muenster (2000)

[1]

K. Maaß, R. Glaum
"Neue Orthophosphate des zweiwertigen Chroms"
Posterbeitrag zur 9. Vortragstagung "Syntheseprinzipien in der Festkoerperchemie" der GDCh-Fachgruppe Festkoerperchemie, Saarbruecken (1998)