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

Calls & Opportunities
 

The research group of Prof. Ina Bergheim, Molecular Nutritional Sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences is looking for support of interdisciplinary research projects in the thematic field of...

Calls & Opportunities
 

As a university assistant prae doc you will strengthen the ANTIOX working group of Prof. Karl-Heinz Wagner. Together with PostDocs you will work on human studies, in particular the Shift2Health...

Lecture
 

Date: 10 April 2024

Participating students will have the opportunity to meet and discuss with Prof. Kersten between 15:30 and 16:15.

Afterwards, from 16:45 to 17:45, he will give a presentation on...

Research
 

Beim Atmen oder auch beim Essen nehmen wir Mikro- und Nanoplastikpartikel (MNPs) in den Körper auf. Das Team um die Studienleiter*innen Verena Pichler (Universität Wien, CBmed) und Lukas Kenner...

Calls & Opportunities
 

Das Projekt PromoLi, gefördert durch das BMSGPK, ist ein Karriereförderprogramm für Nachwuchswissenschafter*innen aus dem Personenkreis der Menschen mit begünstigbarer Behinderung und/oder chronischer...

Calls & Opportunities
 

The "Pharmaceutical Bioanalysis" group (Prof. Sophia Khom) has a PhD position vacancy to investigate the molecular, cellular, circuit, and behavioural implications of altered synaptic signaling in...

Latest publications


Luo, Xianjin ; Germer, Janin ; Burghardt, Tobias et al. / Dual pH-responsive CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein xenopeptide complexes for genome editing. In: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2025 ; Vol. 205. pp. 106983.

Li, Encan ; Boujeddaine, Najla ; Houtman, Marien J.C. et al. / Development of new Kir2.1 channel openers from propafenone analogues. In: British Journal of Pharmacology. 2025 ; Vol. 182, No. 3. pp. 633-650.

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