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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Award/ Grant Winners
 

Congratulations! With their innovative project concept, Judith Rollinger (coordinator) and Lea Ann Dailey (co-coordinator) from the Dep. of Pharmaceutical Sciences have been awarded the prestigious...
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Awards
 

Congratulations to our PhD Student Hari Baskar Balasubramanian (Pharmaceutical Sciences), who was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)!
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Travel report
 

Our PhD student Katharina Burger (Nutritional Sciences) attended the 75th Liver Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in San Diego, USA.

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Lecture
 

Representatives from the Tech Transfer Office and RDM Legal Helpdesk will provide a brief overview of the patent process and common legal challenges in research. If you have questions about issues...
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Lecture
 

The workshop provides a comprehensive overview of essential principles and practices of research data management. A combination of an online self-study course and two interactive half-day workshops...
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Media
 

In this (not) spooky episode, Agnes Draxler, an Alumna and early postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Nutritional Sciences, switched from host to guest to discuss with us what life is like...
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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.
Schuhknecht, Laurentz ; Ortmayr, Karin ; Jänes, Jürgen et al. / A human metabolic map of pharmacological perturbations reveals drug modes of action. In: Nature Biotechnology. 2025.
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2 Faculties and 3 doctoral programmes
45 PIs/Professors