Division für Pharmakognosie

Mission Statement

The Division of Pharmacognosy carries out research in pharmaceutical sciences focused on natural products from medicinal plants and microorganisms. Major tasks are the discovery of new biologically active compounds from natural sources and the characterization of their molecular mode of action contributing to a better understanding of the interaction of natural products and complex cellular systems. Our aim is pharmaceutical lead and target identification, the quality improvement of herbal medicinal products as well as the sustainable production of natural products by biotechnological approaches.

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23.10.2025

Winter term 2025/26

Department Meeting

23.10.2025 - 22.01.2026

27.09.2025

Marietta Zille, Hans Kainz, Johannes Gafriller, Michelle Slunecko, Katharina Riffelsberger, and Clara Egner

PhD Retreat 2025 - top five

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!

21.07.2025

Back: Alisha Bevan, Elke Heiss, Daniel Schachner, Verena Dirsch, Katharina Riffelsberger. Front: Scarlet Hummelbrunner, Andrea Szabo, Lorenza Bertaina, Christine Coffey

Visit to Fernwärme Wien

On 21 July 2025, part of the Molecular Target Group visits the Spittelau waste incineration plant (Wien Energie) to explore the fascinating process of turning waste into heat. www.wienenergie.at/privat/erleben/standorte/muellverwertungs-anlage-spittelau/

17.07.2025

From left to right: Elke Heiß, Ulrike Grienke, Sigrid Adelsberger, Andreana Assimopoulou, Mehdi Beniddir, Sabine Glasl-Tazreiter

Defensio Sigrid Adelsberger

On July 17th 2025, Sigrid Adelsberger successfully defended her PhD thesis "Biochemometrics and biopharmaceutical profiling in drug discovery from natural sources". Well done and congratulations Sigrid!

09.07.2025

Kinderuni: Drugs from Nature

On July 09th, Verena Dirsch gave a lecture for children between seven and twelve years old. Exciting questions about how nature can help us to find new drugs have been discussed (Medizin aus der Natur: Kann uns die Natur helfen, neue Medikamente zu finden?).

08.07.2025

Defensio Patrik Schwarz

On July 8th 2025, Patrik Schwarz successfully defended his PhD thesis "Natural product and natural product-inspired inhibitors of RAR-related orphan receptor gamma (ROR γ)". Well done and congratulations Patrik!

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