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Andreea-Ruxandra Schmitzer

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Andreea-Ruxandra Schmitzer

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Département de chimie

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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27 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (5 NSERC, 1 FRQNT, 1 CIHR, 1 CFI), most recently in 2021.

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146

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2,094

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Research

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Chimie organique Transporteurs transmembranaires Sels d'imidazolium Catalyseurs supramoléculaires Liquides ioniques Chimie supramoléculaire Chimie bio-organique Chimie biophysique Matériaux auto-assemblés

Latest papers

Reviewer #3 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin
2026
The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin
eLife · 2026
Reviewer #2 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin
2026

All 146 publications

Latest funding

Time-of-Flight spectrometer for urgent resumption of accurate mass services.
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Urgent Replacement of a Platform for Gaseous Chemistry and Catalysis
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$149,288
Supramolecular strategies to target cellular membranes
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$192,000

All 15 grants and awards

146 publications.

Reviewer #3 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

Guillaume Lefrançois, Emilie Lavallée, Marie‐Camille Rowell, Véronique Bourdeau, Farzaneh Mohebali, Thierry Bertomeu, Ana Maria Duman, Maya Nikolova, Mike Tyers, Simon‐Pierre Gravel, Andreea R. Schmitzer, Gerardo Ferbeyre

2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680.2.sa1

The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

eLife2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680.2

Reviewer #2 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680.2.sa2

The role of ATP synthase subunit e (ATP5I) in mediating the metabolic and antiproliferative effects of metformin in cancer cells.

Lefrançois G, Lavallée E, Rowell MC, Bourdeau V, Mohebali F, Bertomeu T, Duman AM, Nikolova M, Tyers M, Gravel SP, Schmitzer AR, Ferbeyre G

eLife2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680 PMID: 42138716

The role of ATP synthase subunit e (ATP5I) in mediating the metabolic and antiproliferative effects of metformin in cancer cells

eLife2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680.3

Harnessing mitochondrial targeting: biguanide–iridium( iii ) complexes with enhanced anticancer activity in pancreatic cells

Sigrid Lacaille, Erica Schofield, Pierre Mas, Robert S Horne, Barry A. Blight, Andreea R. Schmitzer

New Journal of Chemistry2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1039/d5nj04288g

Reviewer #1 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680.2.sa3

Author response: The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680.2.sa0

Author response: The role of ATP synthase subunit e (ATP5I) in mediating the metabolic and antiproliferative effects of metformin in cancer cells

2026Open Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.102680.3.sa4

Mitochondria-Targeting Biquaternary Ammonium Compounds: Pancreatic Anticancer Activity and Synergistic Interaction with Metformin

Maude Petit, Eugénie Daubas Prade, Andreea R. Schmitzer

ACS Bio & Med Chem Au20252 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.4c00130 PMID: 40860032

Time-of-Flight spectrometer for urgent resumption of accurate mass services.

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Cecioni, Samy

Keywords: Analytical biochemistry; Biomolecule analysis; High-resolution mass spectrometry; Organic synthesis; Time-of-Flight MS

$150,000

Urgent Replacement of a Platform for Gaseous Chemistry and Catalysis

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Collins, Shawn

$149,288

Supramolecular strategies to target cellular membranes

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Schmitzer, Andreea

Keywords: membrane permeabilization; antibiotics; antibacterial; anticancer; transmembrane transport; supramolecular assemblies; self-assembly

$192,000

Urgent Replacement of 700 MHz NMR CryoPlatform

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lubell, William

$149,979

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS) instrument

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lubell, William

$146,825

Projets de recherche en équipe

Principal investigatorFRQNT2017Projets de recherche en équipe

Principal investigators: Schmitzer, Andreea

Keywords: synthèse de nouvelles biguanides, inhibition croissance tumorale, cancer du pancréas, mécanisme d'action, spectrométrie de masse; Nature et interactions de la matière; Synthèse chimique et catalyse; Apoptose et cancer

$137,160

New biguanides for mitochondrial accumulation and inhibition of cancer progression

Nominated PICIHR2016Operating Grant: CCSRI Innovation Grants

Principal investigators: Schmitzer, Andreea R

Keywords: Biguanides; Metals; Metformin; Mitochondria; Pancreas; Target Identification; Tumour Growth Inhibition

$98,000

Chemical and biochemical approaches for the design of functional supramolecular systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Schmitzer, Andreea

$305,000

Supramolecular assistance of imidazolium salts in Organic/Bioorganic Catalysis and Organized Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Schmitzer, Andreea

$275,000

Ar ion laser tube and fibre optic probe replacecment for capillary electrophoresis-laser induced fluorescence system

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Waldron, Karen

$29,146

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Andreea-Ruxandra Schmitzer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Reviewer #3 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

Reviewer #2 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

The role of ATP synthase subunit e (ATP5I) in mediating the metabolic and antiproliferative effects of metformin in cancer cells.

The role of ATP synthase subunit e (ATP5I) in mediating the metabolic and antiproliferative effects of metformin in cancer cells

Harnessing mitochondrial targeting: biguanide–iridium( iii ) complexes with enhanced anticancer activity in pancreatic cells

Reviewer #1 (Public review): The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

Author response: The Role of ATP Synthase Subunit e (ATP5I) in Mediating the Metabolic and Antiproliferative Effects of Metformin

Author response: The role of ATP synthase subunit e (ATP5I) in mediating the metabolic and antiproliferative effects of metformin in cancer cells

Mitochondria-Targeting Biquaternary Ammonium Compounds: Pancreatic Anticancer Activity and Synergistic Interaction with Metformin

Time-of-Flight spectrometer for urgent resumption of accurate mass services.

Urgent Replacement of a Platform for Gaseous Chemistry and Catalysis

Supramolecular strategies to target cellular membranes

Urgent Replacement of 700 MHz NMR CryoPlatform

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS) instrument

Projets de recherche en équipe

New biguanides for mitochondrial accumulation and inhibition of cancer progression

Chemical and biochemical approaches for the design of functional supramolecular systems

Supramolecular assistance of imidazolium salts in Organic/Bioorganic Catalysis and Organized Materials

Ar ion laser tube and fibre optic probe replacecment for capillary electrophoresis-laser induced fluorescence system

Frequent collaborators

Gerardo Ferbeyre

Simon-Pierre Gravel

Jean-François Masson

Audrey Hébert

Shawn Collins

Joelle Pelletier

Audrey Claing

Dominic Rochefort

Christine DeWolf

Mohan Malleshaiah

Michael Pollak

François Lépine

Pierre Chaurand

Richard Martel

Richard Martel

Barry Blight

Kevin Wilkinson