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

Retreat
 

We are pleased to invite our PhaNuSpo members to join us for 2 days of exciting scientific and social programme with an overnight stay in Frankenfels, Lower Austria. Places will in principle be...

Defence
 

PhD thesis: Metabolic modulation of macrophage polarization by selected natural products

Venue: ZOOM Video Conference

Date & time: Friday 22 March 2024, 14:00 CET

Defence
 

PhD thesis: Modulation of GABAA Receptors by Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds

Date & time: Friday 22 March 2024 at 14:00 CET

Venue - hybrid: Room 2D358 at UZAII (Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna)...

Travel report
 

Read more about Ramadan Faried Abbas Abdelaziz his experience at the 41st Winter School on Proteinases and Inhibitors of the Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (PLUS), held in Tiers, Italy.

Travel report
 

Read more about Katja's experiences at the 61st Scientific Congress of the German Nutrition Society (DGE), one of the leading conferences in the field of nutrition. This congress took place in Kassel,...

Defence
 

PhD thesis: Molecular Investigations: Targeting Cysteine Cathepsins for Enhancing Cancer Therapy and Radiation Sensitivity

Venue - hybrid: Room 2D404 at UZAII (Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna)...

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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2 Faculties and 3 doctoral programmes
45 PIs/Professors