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Olav Schiemann

Olav Schiemann

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Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
8010
World Ranking
15272
National Ranking
1116

Overview

Olav Schiemann is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, chemistry, and materials science. The primary subfields of their work include biophysics, molecular biology, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and the study of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their scientific contributions are largely concentrated on topics such as electron spin resonance studies, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, magnetism in coordination complexes, advanced NMR techniques and applications, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Olav Schiemann has authored multiple recent papers, including the following:

  • Benchmark Test and Guidelines for DEER/PELDOR Experiments on Nitroxide-Labeled Biomolecules, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Time-resolved structural analysis of an RNA-cleaving DNA catalyst, 2021, Nature
  • SLIM: A Short-Linked, Highly Redox-Stable Trityl Label for High-Sensitivity In-Cell EPR Distance Measurements, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Pulsed Dipolar EPR Spectroscopy and Metal Ions: Methodology and Biological Applications, 2020, ChemPlusChem
  • Ox-SLIM: Synthesis of and Site-Specific Labelling with a Highly Hydrophilic Trityl Spin Label, 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal

Schiemann frequently collaborates with a number of colleagues, creating a network of coauthors that includes:

  • Dinar Abdullin
  • Tobias Hett
  • Caspar A. Heubach
  • Nico Fleck
  • Christine Wuebben

Their work is often published in venues that include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Long-range distance determinations in biomacromolecules by EPR spectroscopy.

    Olav Schiemann;Thomas F. Prisner

  • Femtosecond direct observation of charge transfer between bases in DNA

    Chaozhi Wan;Torsten Fiebig;Olav Schiemann;Jacqueline K. Barton

  • Counting the monomers in nanometer-sized oligomers by pulsed electron-electron double resonance.

    Bela E Bode;Dominik Margraf;Jörn Plackmeyer;Gerd Dürner

  • A PELDOR-Based Nanometer Distance Ruler for Oligonucleotides

    Olav Schiemann;Nelly Piton;Yuguang Mu;Gerhard Stock

  • Benchmark test and guidelines for DEER/PELDOR experiments on nitroxide-labeled biomolecules

    Olav Schiemann;Caspar A Heubach;Dinar Abdullin;Katrin Ackermann

  • MtsslWizard: In Silico Spin-Labeling and Generation of Distance Distributions in PyMOL

    Gregor Hagelueken;Richard Ward;James H. Naismith;Olav Schiemann

  • Relative orientation of rigid nitroxides by PELDOR: beyond distance measurements in nucleic acids.

    Olav Schiemann;Pavol Cekan;Dominik Margraf;Thomas F. Prisner

  • Time-resolved structural analysis of an RNA-cleaving DNA catalyst

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  • Spin labeling of oligonucleotides with the nitroxide TPA and use of PELDOR, a pulse EPR method, to measure intramolecular distances.

    Olav Schiemann;Nelly Piton;Jörn Plackmeyer;Bela E Bode

  • Base-specific spin-labeling of RNA for structure determination

    Nelly Piton;Yuguang Mu;Gerhard Stock;Thomas F. Prisner

  • Trityl Radicals: Spin Labels for Nanometer‐Distance Measurements

    Gunnar W. Reginsson;Gunnar W. Reginsson;Nitin C. Kunjir;Snorri Th. Sigurdsson;Olav Schiemann;Olav Schiemann

  • Nanometer distance measurements on RNA using PELDOR.

    Olav Schiemann;Axel Weber;Thomas E. Edwards;Thomas F. Prisner

  • PELDOR measurements on a nitroxide-labeled Cu(II) porphyrin: orientation selection, spin-density distribution, and conformational flexibility.

    Bela E. Bode;Jörn Plackmeyer;Thomas F. Prisner;Olav Schiemann

  • Versatile Trityl Spin Labels for Nanometer Distance Measurements on Biomolecules In Vitro and within Cells

    J. Jacques Jassoy;Andreas Berndhäuser;Fraser Duthie;Sebastian P. Kühn

  • Conformational flexibility of DNA.

    Andriy Marko;Vasyl Denysenkov;Dominik Margraf;Pavol Cekan

  • Excess Electron Transport Through DNA: A Single Electron Repairs More than One UV‐Induced Lesion

    Bernd Giese;Barbara Carl;Thomas Carl;Thomas Carell

  • PELDOR at S- and X-Band Frequencies and the Separation of Exchange Coupling from Dipolar Coupling

    Axel Weber;Olav Schiemann;Bela Bode;Thomas F. Prisner

  • Pulsed electron-electron double resonance: beyond nanometre distance measurements on biomacromolecules.

    Gunnar W. Reginsson;Olav Schiemann

  • Conformational state of the MscS mechanosensitive channel in solution revealed by pulsed electron–electron double resonance (PELDOR) spectroscopy

    Christos Pliotas;Richard Ward;Emma Branigan;Akiko Rasmussen

  • Antiferromagnetic coupling of stacked Cu(II)-salen complexes in DNA.

    Guido H Clever;Stephan J Reitmeier;Thomas Carell;Olav Schiemann

  • EPR Detection of Guanine Radicals in a DNA Duplex under Biological Conditions: Selective Base Oxidation by Ru(phen)_2dppz^(3+)Using the Flash-Quench Technique

    Olav Schiemann;Nicholas J. Turro;Jacqueline K. Barton

  • Antiferromagnetic Coupling of Stacked CuII–Salen Complexes in DNA

    Guido H. Clever;Guido H. Clever;Stephan J. Reitmeier;Thomas Carell;Olav Schiemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Prisner
Thomas F. Prisner Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas J. Meyer
Andreas J. Meyer University of Bonn
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn
Gregor Schnakenburg
Gregor Schnakenburg University of Bonn
Snorri Th. Sigurdsson
Snorri Th. Sigurdsson University of Iceland
Richard J. Ward
Richard J. Ward Universidade de São Paulo
James H. Naismith
James H. Naismith Rosalind Franklin Institute
Michael Famulok
Michael Famulok University of Bonn
Thomas Carell
Thomas Carell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernd Giese
Bernd Giese University of Fribourg

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