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

Video
 

On April 6 at 18.00 Univ.-Prof. Manfred Ogris from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is invited in the podcast "Ars Boni" (Episode 135) and talkes about vaccines, vaccine development and the vaccination prioritisations.

Research
 

Experts from the University of Vienna explain their research in regards with the COVID-19 pandemic, and assess the importance of the corona vaccination for the universityas such and the society as a whole. Participating PhaNuSpo experts are Lea Ann Dailey, Judith Rollinger and Gerhard Ecker. [in German] 15.03.2021

Event
 

We are delighted to invite all PhaNuSpo members to our first virtual Info Meeting on March 23, 2021! We have put together an attractive program with a mix of live and recorded messages, presentations, quizzes and prizes. This 45-minute-long program will be followed by virtual breakout rooms for our PIs and PhD...

PhD Corner
 

Please mark your calendar and join us Online on June 10, 2021 from 9:00 to 15:30 by using following link: moodle.univie.ac.at/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/guestlink.php (Moodle BBB)

Research
 

Christoph Rademacher, Professor of Molecular Drug Targeting at the University of Vienna, is researching new methods that enable more efficient and painless vaccinations. Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 16:00-17:00. Live stream at univie.ac.at as well as at science.apa.at

Research
 

A new article in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery with major and leading author contributions of the Department of Pharmacognosy (S.B. Zotchev and V.M. Dirsch) (Atanasov, A.G., Zotchev, S.B., Dirsch, V.M. et al. Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities. Nat Rev Drug Discov (2021)....

Latest publications


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2 Faculties and 3 Degree programmes

45 PIs/Professors