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Joachim Thiem is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and is engaged in research primarily within the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work intersects several subfields, notably organic chemistry, molecular biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical science, and endocrinology focused on diabetes and metabolism.

The main research topics explored by this scientist include carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, fluorine in organic chemistry, and the interaction between diet, metabolism, and disease.

They have contributed publications to a number of scientific journals with a particular presence in journals such as Organic Letters and the Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry.

  • Synthesis of Dideoxy-octonic Acid and Cyclic and Acyclic Derivatives Thereof, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Glycosylation employing glycopyranosyl fluorides promoted by TiF4 under mild conditions, 2020, Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Christian Czaschke, Ruben Figueira de Abreu, Christian B. W. Stark, and Matthias Wiesner.

  • Christian Czaschke
  • Ruben Figueira de Abreu
  • Christian B. W. Stark
  • Matthias Wiesner

Best Publications

  • Cleavage of zearalenone-glycoside, a "masked" mycotoxin, during digestion in swine.

    M. Gareis;J. Bauer;J. Thiem;G. Plank

  • Glycosylation employing bio-systems: from enzymes to whole cells

    Vladimír Křen;Joachim Thiem

  • Studies on liquid-crystalline glycosides

    Volkmar Vill;Thomas Böcker;Joachim Thiem;Fred Fischer

  • Synthese α-verknüpfter 2′-Deoxy-2′-iododisaccharide

    Joachim Thiem;Horst Karl;Jens Schwentner

  • Aufbau von oligosacchariden mit glycosylfluoriden unter lewissäure-katalyse☆

    Matthias Kreuzer;Joachim Thiem

  • Glycoscience : chemistry and chemical biology

    Bertram O. Fraser-Reid;邦明 竜田;J. Thiem

  • Syntheses of deoxy oligosaccharides

    Joachim Thiem;Werner Klaffke

  • Synthesis of polyterephthalates derived from dianhydrohexitols

    Joachim Thiem;Harald Lüders

  • Synthesen mit Iod- und Bromtrimethylsilan in der Saccharidchemie

    Joachim Thiem;Bernd Meyer

  • Synthesis of Novel Polyurethanes and Polyureas by Polyaddition Reactions of Dianhydrohexitol Configurated Diisocyanates

    Frank Bachmann;Joachim Reimer;Marcus Ruppenstein;Joachim Thiem

  • Glycoscience: Chemistry and Chemical Biology I–III

    Bertram O. Fraser-Reid;Kuniaki Tatsuta;Joachim Thiem

  • Synthesis and properties of polyamides derived from anhydro‐ and dianhydroalditols

    Joachim Thiem;Frank Bachmann

  • Synthesis and properties of polyurethanes derived from diaminodianhydroalditols

    Joachim Thiem;Harald Lüders

  • Applications of enzymes in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry

    Joachim Thiem

  • Synthesis of a novel starch‐derived AB‐type polyurethane

    Frank Bachmann;Joachim Reimer;Marcus Ruppenstein;Joachim Thiem

  • Configurational assignment of N-acetylneuraminic acid and analogues via the vicinal C,H coupling constants

    Stefan Prytulla;Jürgen Lauterwein;Martin Klessinger;Joachim Thiem

  • Synthesis of the Trisaccharide Neu‐5‐Ac‐α(2→6)Gal‐β(1→4)GlcNAc by the Use of Immobilized Enzymes

    Joachim Thiem;Wolfgang Treder

  • Synthesis of methyl (d-glycopyranosyl azide) uronates

    Zoltán Györgydeák;Joachim Thiem

  • A Multienzyme System for a One‐Pot Synthesis of Sialyl T‐Antigen

    Vladimír Křen;Joachim Thiem

  • Peptide-based materials

    Timothy Deming;A. Aggeli

  • Glycosylation Employing Bio-Systems: From Enzymes to Whole Cells

    V. Kren;J. Thiem

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Paulsen
Hans Paulsen Universität Hamburg
Vladimír Křen
Vladimír Křen Czech Academy of Sciences
Thomas Braulke
Thomas Braulke University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Willy Malaisse
Willy Malaisse Université Libre de Bruxelles
Dirk Henkensmeier
Dirk Henkensmeier Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Abdullah Sener
Abdullah Sener Université Libre de Bruxelles
Wilfried A. König
Wilfried A. König Universität Hamburg
Per J. Garegg
Per J. Garegg Stockholm University
Monica M. Palcic
Monica M. Palcic Carlsberg Laboratory
Manfred Nimtz
Manfred Nimtz Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

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