The Division of Pharmacognosy is dedicated to pharmaceutical research focusing on natural products from all kingdoms of nature (e.g., plants, microbes, fungi, lichens). Our primary tasks include discovering, isolating, and characterizing new biologically active compounds to better understand their molecular mechanisms and interactions within complex cellular systems.
Our goals include identifying novel drug leads and targets, improving the quality of herbal medicinal products, and sustainably producing natural compounds through biotechnological approaches.
Since summer 2025, websites across the university have been going online with a new, mobile-optimised design. We went live today! Older entries can be found in the Phaidra archive.
As part of the Pharmacy Ball on January 17, the four best scientific works from 2025 of early career pharmacognosists were awarded. We congratulate the recipient of the Schwabe Austria Phyto Research Prize at the University of Vienna, Mag. pharm. Elisabeta Ros, on her outstanding master’s thesis entitled „Investigation and Isolation of Alternaria alternata Mycotoxins“ supervised by A. Wasilewicz and J.M. Rollinger.
On September 25th ot 26th, a group of PhaNuSpo students travelled to Frankenfels for a PhD retreat. Out of 34 posters, Katharina Riffelsberger from the Dirsch group and Johannes Gafriller from the Rollinger group were two of the top five. Congratulations!
Department Meeting
23.10.2025 - 22.01.2026
