{"id":37,"date":"2019-04-17T17:33:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/maass\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:24:49","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/maass\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;371&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_circle_2&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; image_hovers=&#8221;false&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Philipp Maass, PhD<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr-thin\"><\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<div class=\"soc-ico\"><a title=\"Mail page opens in new window\" href=\"mailto:philipp.maass@sickkids.ca\" target=\"_top\" class=\"mail\"><span class=\"soc-font-icon\"><\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mail page opens in new window<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Current Appointments<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Senior Scientist <\/strong>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sickkids.ca\/Research\/Genetics-and-genome-biology\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genetics and Genome Biology Program<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SickKids Research Institute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moleculargenetics.utoronto.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Molecular Genetics<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0University of Toronto<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada Research Chair<\/strong> in Noncoding Disease Mechanisms<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Training<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Postdoc\u00a0<\/strong>| Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postdoc<\/strong>\u00a0| Max-Delbr\u00fcck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) | Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD<\/strong>\u00a0| Max-Delbr\u00fcck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) | Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;425&#8243; 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