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.

10.09.2021
 

On the occasion of the 69th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), held virtually this year, Julia Langeder was awarded with the best video contribution "SFx – How fast and robust can a rose root analysis be?". Congratulations, Julia!

16.08.2021
 

To reduce our environmental impact, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences joined Green Labs Austria to support a more sustainable research. Recycling plastic materials from the labs and reducing organic solvents are our main strategies to make our research more green.

23.07.2021
 

Olga Sekurova et al. altered DNA polymerase of the model strain Streptomyces lividans to affect DNA replication fidelity. In the strain with such altered polymerase, the mutations arise almost 1000 times as frequently as in the original bacterium.

12.07.2021
 

Julia Zwirchmayr has been chosen 2nd place by a jury consisting of Walter Longauer (APA Infographics Director), Tanja Traxler (Der Standard) and Sarah Davies (Prof. of Technosciences, Materiality, & Digital Cultures, University of Vienna) for her infografic „Phytochemistry & Biodiscovery – On the Road to Bioactives“. Congrats, Julia!

21.06.2021
 

On June 21, 2021, Brigitte Kopp was awarded as honorary senator of the University of Vienna because of her achievements inside and outside the University of Vienna.

(Rudolf Bauer, Brigitte Kopp, Judith Rollinger, Verena Dirsch)

01.06.2021
 

Ulrike Grienke talks about the possibilities offered by supercritial fluid technologies in the field of natural product research. In addition to an introduction to this technology, she also gives examples from her lab work on extraction, isolation and analysis.