Dr. Kai Maasshttps://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f08/departments/iaac/spengler/coworkers/alumni-en/dr-kai-maasshttps://www.uni-giessen.de/@@site-logo/logo.png
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
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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
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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
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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)