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
 

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,...

PhD Corner
 

Please mark your calendar and join us Online on June 10, 2021 from 9:00 to 15:30 by using following link: moodle.univie.ac.at/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/guestlink.php (Moodle BBB)

Research
 

Christoph Rademacher, Professor of Molecular Drug Targeting at the University of Vienna, is researching new methods that enable more efficient and painless vaccinations. Tuesday, 23 February 2021,...

Research
 

A new article in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery with major and leading author contributions of the Department of Pharmacognosy (S.B. Zotchev and V.M. Dirsch) (Atanasov, A.G., Zotchev, S.B., Dirsch,...

Research
 

Makrophagen sind wichtige Zellen des angeborenen Immunsystems. Sie bilden verschiedene Phänotypen aus, um unterschiedliche Aufgaben zu erledigen. Wie diese Plastizität durch Naturstoffe beeinflusst...

Research
 

Am 18. Jänner 2021, 18 Uhr, können Sie mit Forscher*innen der Universität Wien und Expert*innen aus der Praxis diskutieren, welchen Entwicklungen sie zur Bekämpfung von COVID-19 Chancen geben. ...

Latest publications


Goldmann, Ulrich ; Wiedmer, Tabea ; Garofoli, Andrea et al. / Data- and knowledge-derived functional landscape of human solute carriers. In: Molecular Systems Biology. 2025 ; Vol. 21, No. 6. pp. 599-631.

El Boukhari, Reda ; Matin, Maima ; Bouissane, Latifa et al. / Enhancing human gut health : Global innovations in dysbiosis management. In: iMeta. 2025 ; Vol. 4, No. 3.

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