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

Research
 

Forschungsnewsletter 09. Juni 2021

Ein internationales Forscher*innenteam untersucht im EU-Projekt "Imptox", welche Rolle Mikro- und Nanoplastik für die menschliche Gesundheit spielen – der...

Research
 

The REsolution consortium studies how differences in the genetic makeup of so-called transporter genes, encoding proteins that allow molecules to pass cellular membranes, may account for those...

Research
 

Leistungsfördernd, blutdrucksenkend, gefäßerweiternd – das sind nur einige der nachweislich positiven Wirkungen der Roten Rübe. Oliver Neubauer, Ernährungswissenschafter an der Uni Wien, untersucht...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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