Mission Statement

This doctoral programme intends to provide an internationally competitive scientific training of doctoral students in innovative pharmaceutical, nutritional and sport research.

The school wants to attract motivated students and to guide them towards scientific excellence and independence in a truly unique and dynamic multi-as well as interdisciplinary environment to finally become well-educated, open-minded and responsible graduates. The cohorts trained and supported by the VDS PhaNuSpo are part of the vibrant research environment at the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Centre for Sport Science and University Sports of the University of Vienna.

Your Benefits

  • Co-supervision and mentoring from at least two experts in your field.
  • Low hierarchies and an open door policy.
  • Interdisciplinary exchange in the form of joint courses, seminars, retreats and social events.
  • Additional financial support e.g. in the form of completion or mobility grants.
  • A strong student voice.
  • Dedicated administrative support.

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 News

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Defence
 

Thesis title: The antiproliferative activity of evodiamine in vascular smooth muscle cells: mechanistic studies

Date & time: Monday, 15 June 2026, start at 13:00 CET
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Defence
 

Thesis title: Establishment of a silk-based cell culture platform for radiotracer evaluation.

Date & time: Wednesday, 3 June 2026, start at 10:00 CET.
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Event
 

24 April 2026, 17:00- 22:30

We are delighted to announce that PhDs and PIs of the VDS-PhaNuSpo will present their research at this event and are looking forward to welcoming you at their stations.
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Defence
 

Thesis title: Advanced Methods towards efficient Estimation of Ligand Binding in Computer-Aided Molecular Design.

Date & time: Friday, 17 April 2026, 15:00 CET.
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Award/ Grant Winners
 

Our PI Anna Weinzinger has been awarded a Precision Medicine grant from the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) for the project “Decoding GNB1E: Advanced Drug Repurposing for Personalized...
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Travel report
 

Our PhD candidate Maria Lummerstorfer (Pharmaceutical Sciences) participated in the 15th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, where...
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Latest publications

Gashi, Laureta ; Lubec, Jana ; Daneyshar, Bibi Husna et al. / Substance P/Neurokinin-1 receptor signaling exhibits sex-specific regulation of inhibitory transmission in the central amygdala. In: Neuropharmacology. 2026 ; Vol. 292.
Innerbichler, Hannah ; Trockenbacher, Alexander ; Scholl-Bürgi, Sabine et al. / Characterization of Tiroler Bergkäse PDO cheese : A multimethodological approach. In: Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences. 2026 ; Vol. 12.
Kramml, Hannes M ; Herpell, Johannes B ; Priemer, Clara et al. / Clusia genomes shed light on the evolution and diversity of crassulacean acid metabolism physiotypes. In: Nature Communications. 2026 ; Vol. 17, No. 1.
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2 Faculties and 3 doctoral programmes
45 PIs/Professors