Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Verena Pichler
T: +43-1-4277-55624
Baldinger-Melich, P., Gryglewski, G., Philippe, C., Murgaš, M., James, G. M., Vraka, C., Silberbauer, L., Balber, T., Vanicek, T., Pichler, V., Unterholzner, J., Kranz, G. S., Hahn, A., Winkler, D., Mitterhauser, M., Wadsak, W., Hacker, M., Kasper, S., Frey, R., & Lanzenberger, R. (2020). Corrigendum to "The effect of electroconvulsive therapy on cerebral monoamine oxidase a expression in treatment-resistant depression investigated using positron emission tomography" [Brain Stimul 12 (3) (2019) 714-723]. Brain Stimulation, 13(5), 1280-1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.06.009

Unterholzner, J., Gryglewski, G., Philippe, C., Seiger, R., Pichler, V., Godbersen, G. M., Berroterán-Infante, N., Murgaš, M., Hahn, A., Wadsak, W., Mitterhauser, M., Kasper, S., & Lanzenberger, R. (2020). Topologically Guided Prioritization of Candidate Gene Transcripts Coexpressed with the 5-HT1A Receptor by Combining in Vivo PET and Allen Human Brain Atlas Data. Cerebral Cortex, 30(6), 3771-3780. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz341

Hahn, A., Breakspear, M., Rischka, L., Wadsak, W., Godbersen, G. M., Pichler, V., Michenthaler, P., Vanicek, T., Hacker, M., Kasper, S., Lanzenberger, R., & Cocchi, L. (2020). Reconfiguration of functional brain networks and metabolic cost converge during task performance. eLife, 9, [e52443]. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.52443



Weidenauer, A., Bauer, M., Sauerzopf, U., Bartova, L., Nics, L., Pfaff, S., Philippe, C., Berroterán-Infante, N., Pichler, V., Meyer, B. M., Rabl, U., Sezen, P., Cumming, P., Stimpfl, T., Sitte, H. H., Lanzenberger, R., Mossaheb, N., Zimprich, A., Rusjan, P., ... Willeit, M. (2020). On the relationship of first-episode psychosis to the amphetamine-sensitized state: a dopamine D2/3 receptor agonist radioligand study. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), [2]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0681-5

Beitzke, D., Wielandner, A., Wollenweber, T., Vraka, C., Pichler, V., Uyanik-Uenal, K., Zuckermann, A., Greiser, A., Hacker, M., & Loewe, C. (2019). Assessment of sympathetic reinnervation after cardiac transplantation using hybrid cardiac PET/MRI: A pilot study. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 50(4), 1326-1335. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.26722

Silberbauer, L. R., Gryglewski, G., Berroterán-Infante, N., Rischka, L., Vanicek, T., Pichler, V., Hienert, M., Kautzky, A., Philippe, C., Godbersen, G. M., Vraka, C., James, G. M., Wadsak, W., Mitterhauser, M., Hacker, M., Kasper, S., Hahn, A., & Lanzenberger, R. (2019). Serotonin transporter binding in the human brain after pharmacological challenge measured using PET and PET/MR. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 12, [172]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00172

Tournier, N., Bauer, M., Pichler, V., Nics, L., Klebermass, E-M., Bamminger, K., Matzneller, P., Weber, M., Karch, R., Caille, F., Auvity, S., Marie, S., Jaeger, W., Wadsak, W., Hacker, M., Zeitlinger, M., & Langer, O. (2019). Impact of P-glycoprotein Function on the Brain Kinetics of the Weak Substrate 11C-Metoclopramide Assessed with PET Imaging in Humans. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 60(7), 985-991. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.118.219972

Gryglewski, G., Klöbl, M., Berroterán-Infante, N., Rischka, L., Balber, T., Vanicek, T., Pichler, V., Kautzky, A., Klebermass, E-M., Reed, M. B., Vraka, C., Hienert, M., James, G. M., Silberbauer, L., Godbersen, G. M., Unterholzner, J., Michenthaler, P., Hartenbach, M., Winkler-Pjrek, E., ... Lanzenberger, R. (2019). Modeling the acute pharmacological response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in human brain using simultaneous PET/MR imaging. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29(6), 711-719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.04.001

Pfaff, S., Philippe, C., Nics, L., Berroteran-Infante, N., Pallitsch, K., Rami-Mark, C., Weidenauer, A., Sauerzopf, U., Willeit, M., Mitterhauser, M., Hacker, M., Wadsak, W., & Pichler, V. (2019). Facilitated troubleshooting in (+)-[C-11]PHNO synthesis by investigation of reagents, byproducts, and intermediates. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals, 62, 255-257.


Nakuz, T. S., Millinger, F. P., El-Rabadi, K., Weber, M., Pichler, V., Wadsak, W., Mitterhauser, M., Haug, A., Hacker, M., Karanikas, G., Pietschmann, P., & Agis, H. (2019). Characterization of Bone Lesions in Myeloma Before and During Anticancer Therapy Using 18F-FDG-PET/CT and 18F-NaF-PET/CT. Anticancer Research, 39(4), 1943-1952. https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.13304

Vraka, C., Pichler, V., Berroterán-Infante, N., Wollenweber, T., Pillinger, A., Hohensinner, M., Fetty, L., Beitzke, D., Li, X., Philippe, C., Pallitsch, K., Mitterhauser, M., Hacker, M., & Wadsak, W. (2019). Optimization of the Automated Synthesis of [ 11C ]mHED—Administered and Apparent Molar Activities. Pharmaceuticals, 12(1), [12]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph12010012

Gryglewski, G., Philippe, C., James, G. M., Vraka, C., Silberbauer, L., Balber, T., Vanicek, T., Pichler, V., Unterholzner, J., Kranz, G. S., Hahn, A., Winkler, D., Mitterhauser, M., Wadsak, W., Hacker, M., Kasper, S., Frey, R., & Lanzenberger, R. (2019). The effect of electroconvulsive therapy on cerebral monoamine oxidase A expression in treatment-resistant depression investigated using positron emission tomography. Brain Stimulation, 12(3), 714-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.976

Pfaff, S., Philippe, C., Nics, L., Berroteran-Infante, N., Pallitsch, K., Rami-Mark, C., Weidenauer, A., Sauerzopf, U., Willeit, M., Mitterhauser, M., Hacker, M., Wadsak, W., & Pichler, V. (2019). Toward the Optimization of (+)-[11C]PHNO Synthesis: Time Reduction and Process Validation. Contrast media & molecular imaging, 2019, [4292596]. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4292596

Klebermass, E-M., Mahmudi, M., Pichler, V., Miller, A., Vraka, C., Balber, T., Haschemi, A., Wadsak, W., Hacker, M., Viernstein, H., & Mitterhauser, M. (2019). 2-[F-18]FDG: The working horse trapped in the cell's metabolic network. 5745.

Klose, M. H. M., Theiner, S., Varbanov, H. P., Hoefer, D., Pichler, V., Galanski, M. S., Meier-Menches, S. M., & Keppler, B. K. (2018). Development and Validation of Liquid Chromatography-Based Methods to Assess the Lipophilicity of Cytotoxic Platinum(IV) Complexes. in M. Contel (Hrsg.), Unconventional Anticancer Metallodrugs and Strategies to Improve their Pharmacological Profile (4 Aufl., Band 6, S. 71-84). [130] Multi-disciplinary digital publishing institute (MDPI). Inorganics https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics6040130

Pichler, V., Zenz, T., Philippe, C., Vraka, C., Berrotéran-Infante, N., Pfaff, S., Nics, L., Ozenil, M., Langer, O., Willeit, M., Traub-Weidinger, T., Lanzenberger, R., Mitterhauser, M., Hacker, M., & Wadsak, W. (2018). Molar activity – The keystone in 11C-radiochemistry: An explorative study using the gas phase method. Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 67, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2018.09.003


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

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

13 Dez. 2022

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


How to label micro- and nanoplastic

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

27 Sep. 2022

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Lecture: Medicinal Radiochemistry

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

17 Mai 2022

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


FFG Project Spheriograph, Dynamic 3D cell culture method

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

2 Mai 2022

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Strategies for 18-Fluorine labelling of exendin-4

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

1 März 2022

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Isotopes' Availability

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

22 Okt. 2021

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


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

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

20 Okt. 2021

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Imaging Probes based on Small Molecules with Emphasis on PET

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

24 Aug. 2021

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


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

Verena Pichler (Vortragende*r)

17 Mai 2021

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science



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