Ass.-Prof. Dr. Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches, Privatdoz. BSc MSc
Summer term 2024
270103 PR Bachelor Laboratory Course B - Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Winter term 2023
270103 PR Bachelor Laboratory Course B - Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry



Pai, V., Bileck, A., Hommer, N., Janku, P., Lindner, T., Kauer, V., Rumpf, B., Haslacher, H., Hagn, G., Meier-Menches, S. M., Schmetterer, L., Schmidl, D., Gerner, C., & Garhöfer, G. (2024). Impaired retinal oxygen metabolism and perfusion are accompanied by plasma protein and lipid alterations in recovered COVID-19 patients. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 8395. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56834-4

Long, D., Eade, L., Sullivan, M. P., Dost, K., Meier-Menches, S. M., Goldstone, D. C., Hartinger, C. G., Wicker, J. S., & Taškova, K. (2024). AdductHunter: identifying protein-metal complex adducts in mass spectra. Journal of Cheminformatics, 16(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-023-00797-7


Baier, D., Mendrina, T., Schoenhacker-Alte, B., Pirker, C., Mohr, T., Rusz, M., Regner, B., Schaier, M., Sgarioto, N., Raynal, N. J. M., Nowikovsky, K., Schmidt, W. M., Heffeter, P., Meier-Menches, S. M., Koellensperger, G., Keppler, B. K., & Berger, W. (2023). The Lipid Metabolism as Target and Modulator of BOLD-100 Anticancer Activity: Crosstalk with Histone Acetylation. Advanced science, 10(32), Article 2301939. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202301939


Janker, L., Schuster, D., Bortel, P., Hagn, G., Meier-Menches, S. M., Mohr, T., Mader, J. C., Slany, A., Bileck, A., Brunmair, J., Madl, C., Unger, L., Hennlich, B., Weitmayr, B., Del Favero, G., Pils, D., Pukrop, T., Pfisterer, N., Feichtenschlager, T., & Gerner, C. (2023). Multi-omics empowered deep phenotyping of ulcerative colitis identifies biomarker signatures reporting functional remission states. Journal of Crohn's & colitis, 17(9), 1514-1527. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad052

Zappe, K., Kopic, A., Scheichel, A., Schier, A. K., Schmidt, L. E., Borutzki, Y., Miedl, H., Schreiber, M., Mendrina, T., Pirker, C., Pfeiler, G., Hacker, S., Haslik, W., Pils, D., Bileck, A., Gerner, C., Meier-Menches, S., Heffeter, P., & Cichna-Markl, M. (2023). Aberrant DNA Methylation, Expression, and Occurrence of Transcript Variants of the ABC Transporter ABCA7 in Breast Cancer. Cells, 12(11), Article 1462. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12111462


Hofbauer, T. M., Distelmaier, K., Muqaku, B., Spinka, G., Seidl, V., Arfsten, H. T., Hagn, G., Meier-Menches, S., Bartko, P. E., Pavo, N., Hoke, M., Prausmueller, S., Heitzinger, G., Pils, D., Lang, I. M., Hengstenberg, C., Hülsmann, M. P., Gerner, C., & Goliasch, G. (2023). Metabolomics implicate eicosanoids in severe functional mitral regurgitation. ESC Heart Failure, 10(1), 311-321. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14160

Kovarik, J. J., Bileck, A., Hagn, G., Meier-Menches, S. M., Frey, T., Kaempf, A., Hollenstein, M., Shoumariyeh, T., Skos, L., Reiter, B., Gerner, M. C., Spannbauer, A., Hasimbegovic, E., Schmidl, D., Garhofer, G., Gyongyosi, M., Schmetterer, K. G., & Gerner, C. (2023). A multi-omics based anti-inflammatory immune signature characterizes long COVID-19 syndrome. Iscience, 26(1), Article 105717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105717




Prechova, M., Adamova, Z., Schweizer, A. L., Maninova, M., Bauer, A., Kah, D., Meier-Menches, S. M., Wiche, G., Fabry, B., & Gregor, M. (2022). Plectin-mediated cytoskeletal crosstalk controls cell tension and cohesion in epithelial sheets. Journal of Cell Biology, 221(3), Article e202105146. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202105146

Meier-Menches, S. M., Neuditschko, B., Janker, L., Gerner, M. C., Schmetterer, K. G., Reichle, A., & Gerner, C. (2022). A Proteomic Platform Enables to Test for AML Normalization In Vitro. Frontiers in Chemistry, 10, Article 826346. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.826346



Metal-Specific Effects of Metal-Based Drug Candidates in Cancer Cells

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

25 Aug 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


HIGHLY CYTOTOXIC NAPTHOQUINONE DERIVED N,O,O-TRIDENTATE ORGANOMETALLICS AS POTENTIAL ANTICANCER AGENTS

Alexander Rosner (Invited speaker), Lukas Skos (Contributor), Theresa Mendrina (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Petra Heffeter (Contributor), Wolfgang Kandioller (Contributor) & Bernhard Keppler (Contributor)

23 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Mode of Action Deconvolution in Metallodrug Discovery

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Keynote speaker)

23 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Metal-Specific Effects of Metal-Based Drug Candidates in Cancer Cells

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

15 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Gold-Templated Covalent Targeting of the CysSec-Dyad of Thioredoxin Reductase 1 in Cancer Cells

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

14 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multi-Omics Data of Perturbation Studies are Determined by Memory Effects from Sub-culture

Patricia Bortel (Speaker), Gerhard Hagn (Contributor), Lukas Skos (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Verena Paulitschke (Contributor), Philipp Paulitschke (Contributor), Lion Gleiter (Contributor), Thomas Mohr (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

21 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multi-Omics Data of Perturbation Studies are Determined by Memory Effects from Sub-culture

Patricia Bortel (Speaker), Gerhard Hagn (Contributor), Lukas Skos (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Verena Paulitschke (Contributor), Philipp Paulitschke (Contributor), Lion Gleiter (Contributor), Thomas Mohr (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

27 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Plasma instead of serum avoids critical confounding of clinical metabolomics studies by platelets

Gerhard Hagn (Speaker), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Günter Plessl-Walder (Contributor), Gaurav Mitra (Contributor), Thomas Mohr (Contributor), Karin Preindl (Contributor), Andreas Schlatter (Contributor), Doreen Schmidl (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor), Gerhard Garhöfer (Contributor) & Andrea Bileck (Contributor)

27 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Target Identification and Mode of Action Deconvolution of the Organoruthenium Compound Plecstatin-1

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

18 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Perturbation Networks in (Metallo-)Drug Discovery

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

23 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Establishment of a Non-invasive Biomonitoring Assay Suitable for Children

Michael Wolf (Speaker), Daniel Wasinger (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Lukas Skos (Contributor), V. Donhauser (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor), K. Widhalm (Contributor) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

11 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multi-Omics Readouts of Perturbation Studies are Determined by Memory Effects from Subculture

Lukas Skos (Speaker), Patricia Bortel (Contributor), Gerhard Hagn (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Verena Paulitschke (Contributor), Philipp Paulitschke (Contributor), Lion Gleiter (Contributor), Thomas Mohr (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

11 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Sweat of the Dead: Subcutaneous Extraction of Residual Biofluids for the Forensic Analysis of Deceased Individuals

Daniel Wasinger (Speaker), Michael Wolf (Contributor), Evangeline Deal (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Katharina Stolz (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Fabian Kanz (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

11 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Perturbation Networks in Drug Discovery

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

5 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Target identification in inorganic drug discovery

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

17 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Target identification in inorganic drug discovery

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

17 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multi-omics provide evidence for an anti-inflammatory immune signature and metabolic alterations in patients with Long COVID Syndrome – an exploratory study

Gerhard Hagn (Speaker), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Johannes J. Kovarik (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Tobias Frey (Contributor), Anna Kaempf (Contributor), Marlene Hollenstein (Contributor), Tarik Shoumariyeh (Contributor), Lukas Skos (Contributor), Birgit Reiter (Contributor), Marlene C. Gerner (Contributor), Andreas Spannbauer (Contributor), Ena Hasimbegovic (Contributor), Doreen Schmidl (Contributor), Gerhard Garhöfer (Contributor), Mariann Gyöngyösi (Contributor), Klaus G. Schmetterer (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

13 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Programmed cell death: Investigations of molecular signatures of apoptosis and ferroptosis in ovarian cancer cells

Yasmin Borutzki (Speaker), Nina Hochmeister (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

13 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Causal inference to deconvolute metabolomics data from human plasma

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

5 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multi-omics characterization of functional cell plasticity supports drug resistance research

Christopher Gerner (Invited speaker) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

21 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


ABC-Transporters in Breast Cancer

Yasmin Borutzki (Speaker) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

13 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Establishment of an affinity enrichment assay for the proteomic investigation of the human selenoproteome

Lukas Skos (Speaker), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

13 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Involvement of GTF2I in the mode of action of BOLD-100

Yasmin Borutzki (Speaker) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

7 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Determining Metabolic traits in the realm of chronic disease

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

12 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Enrichment of the selenoproteome

Lukas Skos (Speaker) & Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor)

20 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Small molecule effects in complex systems

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

11 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Identification of linked metabolites allows a reliable and quantitative analysis of the finger sweat

Mathias Gotsmy (Speaker), Julia Brunmair (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Astrid Slany (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Jürgen Zanghellini (Contributor)

23 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Epithelial cell line derived from endometriotic lesion mimics macrophage nervous mechanism of pain generation on proteo-me and metabolome levels

Julia Brunmair (Speaker), Benjamin Neuditschko (Contributor), Marlene Leibetseder (Contributor), Gerhard Hagn (Contributor), Lukas Skos (Contributor), Marlene C. Gerner (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Iveta Yotova (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

7 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Identification of Metabolic Pairs Allow a Reliable and Quantitative Analysis of the Finger Sweat Metabolome

Mathias Gotsmy (Speaker), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor), Jürgen Zanghellini (Contributor), Julia Brunmair (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor) & Astrid Slany (Contributor)

25 Jul 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Finger Sweat Analysis Enables Metabolic Biomonitoring in Humans

Julia Brunmair (Speaker), Mathias Gotsmy (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Jürgen Zanghellini (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

22 Jun 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Reliable Quantitative Finger Sweat Metabolome Analysis

Mathias Gotsmy (Speaker), Julia Brunmair (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Astrid Slany (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Jürgen Zanghellini (Contributor)

23 Feb 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Analytical methods as connecting elements in translational research

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

13 Jan 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Mass Spectrometry for Elucidating Activation Mechanisms and Modes of Action of Anticancer Metallodrugs on the Molecular Level

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

10 Jul 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Mass Spectrometric Techniques to Study Reactive Metallodrugs on the Molecular Level

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

5 Mar 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Analytical Approaches to Connect the Chemical Reactivity of Small Molecules to their Biological Effects

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

20 Jan 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Elucidating Activation Mechanisms and Cellular Effects of Anticancer Metallodrugs on the Molecular Level

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

28 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Affinity-Mass Spectrometry to Determine Target Proteins of Reactive Small Molecules

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

30 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Affinity-Mass Spectrometry to Determine Target Proteins of Reactive Small Molecules

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

10 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Eicosanoids as underestimated molecular players relevant for tumor biology and mechanisms of metastasis

Lukas Janker (Invited speaker), Laura Niederstätter (Contributor), Benjamin Neuditschko (Contributor), Julia Brunmair (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

6 Dec 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Emerging Proteomics Methods to Elucidate Metallodrug Effects in the Cellular Context

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

24 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Targeting G-Quadruplex Nucleic Acid Structures with Caffeine Gold Compounds for Cancer Treatment

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

29 Nov 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Elucidating the Target Selectivity of Metal-based Anticancer Agents

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker)

25 Oct 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Aging-related proteome alterations in B cells may predispose for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Rupert Laurenz Mayer (Speaker), Astrid Slany (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Johanna Mader (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier (Contributor), Tobias Pukrop (Contributor), Albrecht Reichle (Contributor), Josef D. Schwarzmeier (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

6 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multi-omics Analysis of Serum Samples Demonstrates Reprogramming of Organ Functions Via Systemic Calcium Mobilization and Platelet Activation in Metastatic Melanoma

Besnik Muqaku (Speaker), Martin Eisinger (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier (Contributor), Ammar Tahir (Contributor), Tobias Pukrop (Contributor), Sebastian Haferkamp (Contributor), Astrid Slany (Contributor), Albrecht Reichle (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

6 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


On the molecular mechanism of action of organometallic anticancer drugs

Christopher Gerner (Speaker), Samuel Matthias Meier (Contributor), Dominique Kreutz (Contributor), Tamara Weiss (Contributor), Andrea Bileck (Contributor), Bernhard Keppler (Contributor) & Gerhard Wiche (Contributor)

14 Aug 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Unravelling the Reactivity of Gold ‐ based Metallodrugs with Zinc Finger Domains and G ‐ Quadruplex DNA by Mass Spectrometry

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

14 Aug 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Post-digestion stabilization of osmium enables quantitation by ICP-MS in cell culture and tissue

Matthias Klose (Speaker), Michaela Hejl (Contributor), Petra Heffeter (Contributor), Michael Jakupec (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier (Contributor), Walter Berger (Contributor) & Bernhard Keppler (Contributor)

17 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


DNA vs. Protein – Capillary Zone Electrophoresis–Mass Spectrometry to characterize Metallodrug binding Preferences

Christian Artner (Speaker), Hannah U. Holtkamp (Contributor), Christian G. Hartinger (Contributor), Samuel Matthias Meier (Contributor) & Bernhard Keppler (Contributor)

12 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Proteomics for Understanding Metallodrug Effects

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Invited speaker), Dominique Kreutz (Contributor), Bernhard Keppler (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

4 Dec 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Proteomics for Understanding Metallodrug Effects

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

5 Sept 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Reproducible quantification of metabolites from fingertips via triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry

Samuel Matthias Meier (Speaker)

8 May 2016

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Mass spectrometry based assays in preclinical metallodrug research

Samuel Matthias Meier (Invited speaker)

20 Nov 2014

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The Structural Determinants for Cytotoxic Activity of a Ruthenium Arene Peptide Conjugate

Samuel Matthias Meier (Speaker)

8 Apr 2013

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(Thio)pyronederived organometallics: an approach for new metalbased anticancer drugs

Samuel Matthias Meier (Contributor)

18 Jun 2012

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Top-Down High Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Ubiquitin-Oxaliplatin Adducts

Samuel Matthias Meier (Speaker)

23 Feb 2011

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Dissecting Temporal Metallodrug Effects in Cancer Cells

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

30 Jun 2010

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Dissecting Temporal Metallodrug Effects in Cancer Cells

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

30 Jun 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Investigation of the Binding Interaction of Oxaliplatin to Ubiquitin by Mass Spectrometric Methods

Samuel Matthias Meier (Speaker)

29 Mar 2010

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Affinity-Mass Spectrometry to Determine Target Proteins of Reactive Small Molecules

Samuel Matthias Meier-Menches (Speaker)

10 Mar 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


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