Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Verena Pichler
T: +43-1-4277-55624



Schreiber-Brynzak, E., Schögl, E., Bapp, C., Cseh, K., Kopatz, V., Jakupec, M. A., Weber, A., Lange, T., Toca-Herrera, J. L., del Favero, G., Wadsak, W., Kenner, L., & Pichler, V. (2024). Microplastics role in cell migration and distribution during cancer cell division. Chemosphere, 353, Article 141463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141463

Bamminger, K., Pichler, V., Vraka, C., Limberger, T., Moneva, B., Pallitsch, K., Lieder, B., Zacher, A. S., Ponti, S., Benčurová, K., Yang, J., Högler, S., Kodajova, P., Kenner, L., Hacker, M., & Wadsak, W. (2024). Development and In Vivo Evaluation of Small-Molecule Ligands for Positron Emission Tomography of Immune Checkpoint Modulation Targeting Programmed Cell Death 1 Ligand 1. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 67(5), 4036-4062. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02342


Gatterer, C., Wollenweber, T., Pichler, V., Vraka, C., Sunder-Plassmann, G., Lenz, M., Hengstenberg, C., Hacker, M., Loewe, C., Graf, S., & Beitzke, D. (2023). Detection of sympathetic denervation defects in Fabry disease by hybrid [11C]meta-hydroxyephedrine positron emission tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 30(5), 1810–1821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-023-03205-7


Godbersen, G. M., Klug, S., Wadsak, W., Pichler, V., Raitanen, J., Rieckmann, A., Stiernman, L., Cocchi, L., Breakspear, M., Hacker, M., Lanzenberger, R., & Hahn, A. (2023). Task-evoked metabolic demands of the posteromedial default mode network are shaped by dorsal attention and frontoparietal control networks. eLife, 12, Article e84683. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84683

Kopatz, V., Wen, K., Kovács, T., Keimowitz, A. S., Pichler, V., Widder, J., Vethaak, A. D., Hollóczki, O., & Kenner, L. (2023). Micro- and Nanoplastics Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB): Biomolecular Corona's Role Revealed. Nanomaterials, 13(8), Article 1404. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13081404, https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13081404

Gruber, E. S., Stadlbauer, V., Pichler, V., Resch-Fauster, K., Todorovic, A., Meisel, T. C., Trawoeger, S., Hollóczki, O., Turner, S. D., Wadsak, W., Vethaak, A. D., & Kenner, L. (2023). To Waste or Not to Waste: Questioning Potential Health Risks of Micro- and Nanoplastics with a Focus on Their Ingestion and Potential Carcinogenicity. Exposure and Health, 15(1), 33-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-022-00470-8, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-022-00470-8

Dzedulionytė, K., Fuxreiter, N., Schreiber-Brynzak, E., Žukauskaitė, A., Šačkus, A., Pichler, V., & Arbačiauskienė, E. (2023). Pyrazole-based lamellarin O analogues: synthesis, biological evaluation and structure–activity relationships. Rsc advances, 13(12), 7897-7912. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA00972F

Kiss, A., Wu, P., Schlederer, M., Pilz, P. M., Szabo, P. L., Li, J., Weber, L., Vraka, C., Pichler, V., Mitterhauser, M., Zhang, X., Zins, K., Abraham, D., Li, S., Podesser, B. K., Hacker, M., & Li, X. (2022). Sympathetic nerve innervation and metabolism in ischemic myocardium in response to remote ischemic perconditioning. Basic research in cardiology, 117(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-022-00946-3

Buck, A. K., Haug, A., Dreher, N., Lambertini, A., Higuchi, T., Lapa, C., Weich, A., Pomper, M. G., Wester, H. J., Zehndner, A., Schirbel, A., Samnick, S., Hacker, M., Pichler, V., Hahner, S., Fassnacht, M., Einsele, H., Serfling, S. E., & Werner, R. A. (2022). Imaging of C-X-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 4 Expression in 690 Patients with Solid or Hematologic Neoplasms Using 68Ga-Pentixafor PET. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 63(11), 1687-1692. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.121.263693

Ekoume, F. P., Rubow, S. M., Elrefaei, A., Bentaleb, N., Korde, A., Summers, B., Bouyoucef, S., Radchenko, V., Vraka, C., & Pichler, V. (2022). Radiopharmacy in Africa: current status and future directions. Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 114-115, 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2022.08.002


Godbersen, GM., Klug, S., Wadsak, W., Pichler, V., Raitanen, J., Rieckmann, A., Stiernman, L., Cocchi, L., Breakspear, M., Hacker, M., Lanzenberger, R., & Hahn, A. (2022). Metabolic demands of the posteromedial default mode network are shaped by dorsal attention and frontoparietal control networks. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.12.503715

Rischka, L., Vraka, C., Pichler, V., Rasul, S., Nics, L., Gryglewski, G., Handschuh, P., Murgas, M., Godbersen, G. M., Silberbauer, L. R., Unterholzner, J., Wotawa, C., Haider, A., Ahmed, H., Schibli, R., Mindt, T., Mitterhauser, M., Wadsak, W., Hahn, A., ... Ametamey, S. M. (2022). First-in-Humans Brain PET Imaging of the GluN2B-Containing N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor with (R)-C-11-Me-NB1. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 63(6), 936-941. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.121.262427

Rasul, S., Beitzke, D., Wollenweber, T., Rausch, I., Lassen, M. L., Stelzmüller, M. E., Mitterhauser, M., Pichler, V., Beyer, T., Loewe, C., & Hacker, M. (2022). Assessment of left and right ventricular functional parameters using dynamic dual-tracer [13N]NH3 and [18F]FDG PET/MRI. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 29(3), 1003-1017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-020-02391-y


Research Club, Accumulation of micro- and nanoplastic in colorectal cancer cells

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

13 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


How to label micro- and nanoplastic

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

27 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Lecture: Medicinal Radiochemistry

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

17 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


FFG Project Spheriograph, Dynamic 3D cell culture method

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

2 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Strategies for 18-Fluorine labelling of exendin-4

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

1 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Isotopes' Availability

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

22 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


First-in-human brain imaging of the GluN2B-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor with (R)-11C-Me-NB1 PET

Lucas Rischka (Speaker), Chrysoula Vraka (Contributor), Verena Pichler (Contributor), Sazan Rasul (Contributor), Lukas Nics (Contributor), Gregor Gryglewski (Contributor), Patricia A. Handschuh (Contributor), Matej Murgaš (Contributor), G. N. Godbersen (Contributor), Leo Silberbauer (Contributor), M. Unterholzner (Contributor), C. Wotawa (Contributor), A. Haider (Contributor), H. Ahmed (Contributor), Roger Schibli (Contributor), Thomas Mindt (Contributor), Markus Mitterhauser (Contributor), Wolfgang Wadsak (Contributor), A. Hahn (Contributor), Rupert Lanzenberger (Contributor), Markus Hacker (Contributor) & Simon M. Ametamey (Contributor)

20 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Imaging Probes based on Small Molecules with Emphasis on PET

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

24 Aug 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Quantification of radiotracer accumulation in a dynamic column-based 3D cell culture

Verena Pichler (Speaker)

17 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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T: +43-1-4277-55624

verena.pichler@univie.ac.at