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
 

Hanna K. Fischer and Manuela Schmidt from the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, in collaboration with researchers from Germany, demonstrate a novel functional role of the transmembrane protein...

Research
 

How can we maintain health during aging? "My research could be the key", says Agnes Draxler from the Vienna Doctoral School of Phamarceutical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences (PhaNuSpo). The video...

PhD Corner
 

The next public presentations of PhD projects will be held online on Thursday 03 March 2022, 9:00-13:00 CET

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Video
 

"Unsere Forschung hat durch die momentane Pandemie stark an Aktualität gewonnen. Wir untersuchen auf der einen Seite mit Computermethoden das mögliche Design von Wirkstoffen, auf der anderen Seite...

PhD Corner
 

Wishing you a very happy Holiday Season and a wonderful New Year!

 

PhD Corner
 

Researcher Monika Malik from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and doctoral student of VDS PhaNuSpo has received the L'ORÉAL Austria fellowship "For Women in Science".

Pharmacist Monika Malik...

Latest publications


Chavan, Rohit ; Lefèbre, Jonathan ; Jochová, Kateřina et al. / Fucosyl glycosides for DC-SIGN targeting : Fucosylation strategies, synthesis and binding studies of model compounds. In: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 2025 ; Vol. 123. pp. 118164.

Yazdi, Mina ; Burghardt, Tobias ; Seidl, Johanna et al. / Evolution of Lipo-Xenopeptide Carriers for siRNA Delivery : Interplay of Stabilizing Subunits. In: Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2025 ; Vol. 36, No. 4. pp. 846-858.

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