Associate Professor
Philipp Maass
Molecular Genetics
PhD
Location
SickKids - Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Address
686 Bay Street, 14-9715, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 0A4
Research Interests
Bioinformatics and computational biology, Cardiovascular research, Chromosome biology, CRISPR-Cas9 and genome engineering, Disease models, Epigenetics and epigenomics, Functional genomics and systems biology, Non-coding DNA and RNA, Technology development
Category
Computational and Systems Biology, Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Genetic Models of Development and Disease
Our central objective is to gain mechanistic insight into the regulatory functions of the non-coding genome. In an interdisciplinary systems biology approach covering the fields of genome & RNA biology, live-cell imaging, biochemistry, and computational biology, we address 1) how chromosomal territories are organized, 2) how inter-chromosomal contacts facilitate gene regulation and genome organization, and 3) how yet uncharacterized long non-coding RNA genes function to better understand biology and etiology of disease.
Courses taught
- Functional Genomics (MGY428)
- Foundational Genetics Approaches II Colloquium (MGY1002H)
- Future Directions in Medical Genomics (MMG3006Y)
Awards
- Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes in Genetics
- Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Non-coding Disease Mechanisms
- Walter-Siegenthaler Award, 1st Silver Medal, Bayer AG
Cross-affiliations
- Hospital for Sick Children