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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PhD Corner
 

For VDS-PhaNuSpo doctoral candidates in their final year. The WS includes a one-hour pre-session on guidance for completing your studies.

On 26 June 2026 from 9 am - 5 pm. Register until 10 June...
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Awards
 

Our PhD candidate Sara Tkaczyk (Pharamceutical Sciences) received the Best Poster Award at the 2025 Workshop on Free Energy Methods in Drug Design in Boston, USA. Congratulations!
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Award/ Grant Winners
 

Congratulations to our PI Marietta Zille on the IBRO Collaborative Research Grant!
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Travel report
 

Our PhD candidate Daniel Rose (Pharmaceutical Sciences) attended The International Conference on Learning Representations 2025 in Singapore. Read more about his experience!
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Awards
 

Congratulations to Silvia Weiss and Laura Bocanegra Gómez (CancerBiotherapy) for winning the Audience Entrepreneurship Award and to the finalists Maria Anzengruber and Katharina Skoll (FlowCube)!
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Lecture
 

The next Onboarding Workshop for our newly admitted PhD candidates will be on 27 October 2025.

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Latest publications

Chavan, Rohit ; Lefèbre, Jonathan ; Jochová, Kateřina et al. / Fucosyl glycosides for DC-SIGN targeting : Fucosylation strategies, synthesis and binding studies of model compounds. In: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 2025 ; Vol. 123. pp. 118164.
Palmacci, Vincenzo ; Nahal, Yasmine ; Welsch, Matthias et al. / E-GuARD : expert-guided augmentation for the robust detection of compounds interfering with biological assays. In: Journal of Cheminformatics. 2025 ; Vol. 17, No. 1. pp. 64.
Sherman, Anya ; Masset, Thibault ; Wimmer, Lukas et al. / The Invisible Footprint of Climbing Shoes: High Exposure to Rubber Additives in Indoor Facilities. In: ACS ES&T air. 2025 ; Vol. 2, No. 5. pp. 930-942.
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2 Faculties and 3 doctoral programmes
45 PIs/Professors