Education

Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1989

Current position

Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Publications

1. Forster, Y., Ghaffar, A. and Bienz, S. (2016). A new view on the codonocarpine type alkaloids of Capparis decidua. Phytochemistry 128: 50-59.
2. Pauli, D. and Bienz, S. (2015). Regioselective solid-phase synthesis of N-mono-hydroxylated and N-mono-methylated acylpolyamine spider toxins using an 2-(ortho-nitrophenyl)ethanal-modified resin. Org Biomol Chem 13(15): 4473-4485.
3. Pauli, D. and Bienz, S. (2014). Development of a new linker for the solid-phase synthesis of N-hydroxylated and N-methylated secondary amines. Tetrahedron 70(6): 1348-1536.
4. Tzouros, M., Chesnov, S., Bigler, L. and Bienz, S. (2013). A template approach for the characterization of linear polyamines and derivatives in spider venom. Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester) 19(1): 57-69.
5. Eichenberger, S., Meret, M., Bienz, S. and Bigler, L. (2010). Decomposition of N-hydroxylated compounds during atmospheric pressure chemical ionization. J Mass Spectrom 45(2): 190-197.
6. Meret, M. and Bienz, S. (2008). Efficient and Flexible Solid-Phase Synthesis of N-Hydroxypolyamine Derivatives. Eur J Org Chem: 5518-5525.
7. Bisegger, P., Manov, N. and Bienz, S. (2008). Solid-phase synthesis of cyclic polyamines. Tetrahedron 64(32): 7531-7536.
8. Eichenberger, S., Bigler, L. and Bienz, S. (2007). Structure Elucidation of Polyamine Toxins in the Venom of the Spider Larinibides folium. Chimia 61: 161-164.
9. Tzouros, M., Chesnov, S., Bienz, S., Hesse, M. and Bigler, L. (2005). New linear polyamine derivatives in spider venoms. Toxicon 46(3): 350-354.
10. Bienz, S., Bisegger, P., Guggisberg, A. and Hesse, M. (2005). Polyamine Alkaloids. Nat. Prod. Rep 22: 647-658.
11. Tzouros, M., Manov, N., Bienz, S. and Bigler, L. (2004). Tandem mass spectrometric investigation of acylpolyamines of spider venoms and their 15N-labeled derivatives. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 15(11): 1636-1643.
12. Tzouros, M., Bigler, L., Bienz, S., Hesse, M., Inada, A., Murata, H., Inatomi, Y., Nakanishi, T. and Darnaedi, D. (2004). Two New Spermidine Alkaloids from Chisocheton weinlandii. Helv Chim Acta 87: 1411-1425.
13. Manov, N., Tzouros, M., Bigler, L. and Bienz, S. (2004). Solid-Phase Synthesis of 15N-Labeled Acylpentamines as Reference Compounds for the MS/MS Investigation of Spider Toxins. Tetrahedron 60: 2387-2391.
14. Manov, N., Tzouros, M., Chesnov, S., Bigler, L. and Bienz, S. (2002). Solid-Phase Synthesis of Polyamine Spider Toxins and Correlation with the Natural Products by HPLC-MS/MS. Helv Chim Acta 2002, 85: 2827-2846.
15. Bienz, S., Detterbeck, R., Ensch, C., Guggisberg, A., Hausermann, U., Meisterhans, C., Wendt, B., Werner, C. and Hesse, M. (2002). Putrescine, spermidine, spermine, and related polyamine alkaloids. Alkaloids Chem Biol 58: 83-338.
16. Manov, N. and Bienz, S. (2001). A New Approach in the Solid-Phase Synthesis of Polyamine Derivatives: Construction of Polyamine Backbones from the Center. Tetrahedron 57: 7893-7898.