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, is looking for support of interdisciplinary research projects in the thematic field of metabolic liver diseases and aging. ...

Calls & Opportunities
 

The "Pharmaceutical Biotechnology" research group of Prof. Sergey Zotchev has a vacancy for a PhD position to investigate bacteria isolated from various environmental sources for their ability to...

Defence
 

Thesis title: Machine Learning Approaches for Off-Target and Bioactivity Predictions.

Date & time: Wednesday 10 July 2024, 12:00 CET

Defence
 

Thesis title: Discovery of natural products from actinomycetes bacteria isolated from various environmental sources with conventional and genome mining approaches.

Date & time: Monday 08 July 2024,...

Award/ Grant Winners
 

Patrick Zöhrer (PhD student in Nutritional Sciences) is one of four winners of this year's Teaching Awards.

The 2024 awards have been investigated under the motto "Digital support of self-study...

Media
 

The first episode "Bioplastics" sheds light on the health impacts of bioplastics at the cellular level.

Discover the research, the challenges, and the potential for safer, sustainable materials. And...

Latest publications


Bragagna, Laura ; Polak, Christina ; Schütz, Lisa et al. / DNA damage and oxidative stress biomarkers in healthy male volunteers after a repeated bolus and continuous glucose infusion. Abstracts of the 52nd EEMGS & 15th ICAW Meeting: 52nd European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS) & 15th International Comet Assay Workshops (ICAW) meeting. editor / Marko Geric ; Goran Gajski. Vol. 75 2025. pp. 117-117

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