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

Event
 

Could your research data management use some support? Do you have files...everywhere?

The workshop provides a comprehensive overview of essential principles and practices of research data...

Defence
 

Thesis title: Establishment of a complex porcine gut model in vitro.

Date & time: Friday 14 June 2024, 12:00 CET

Public presentation
 

Five early-stage PhD students will present their exciting PhD projects in the fields of pharmaceutical, nutritional and sport sciences. This events also provides a platform for exchange, feedback and...

Defence
 

Thesis title: Genome mining of Streptomyces spp. isolated from the rhizosphere of Leontopodium nivale subsp. alpinum.

Date & time: Monday 10 June 2024, 16:00 CET

Lecture
 

Dr. Johannes Meiser will give an exciting lecture on "Plasticity of one-carbon metabolism – from nucleotide synthesis to formate overflow and cancer metastasis" on 05.06.2024, 17:45-18:45 and on...

Defence
 

Thesis title: Long-term development of aerobic fitness and oxygen uptake kinetics, and their relationships to alterations in the balance between microvascular oxygen supply and utilization in...

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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