Phytochemistry & Biodiscovery
Members
Adelsberger Sigrid
Blažević Ruzica
Eichenauer Elisabeth
Filipp Judith
Gafriller Johannes
Ginko Elisabeth
Glasl-Tazreiter Sabine
Grienke Ulrike
Höller Franziska
Kirchweger Benjamin
Kowalska Agnieszka
Krenn Liselotte
Neuhaus Leopold
Nikucic Ines
Ortmayr Karin
Redl Martina
Reznicek Gottfired
Sykora Christina
Tahir Ammar
Wasilewicz Andreas
Wöber Andreas
Vaneková Zuzana
Our Mission
We use interdisciplinary approaches to identify, analyse, and purify multi-component mixtures from plant, fungal, or marine sources focusing on the characterization of their bioactive secondary metabolites.
Research Focus
- also see Equipment
Funded Projects
- 2022-2025
FWF Project ESP 149-B
The Bog Bilberry Enigma - A complex phytochemical analysis of bog bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum L.) fruits in relation to their alleged toxicity (PI Vaneková) - 2022-2025
Schwabe Phyto Innovation Challenge
Identifying and dissecting health promoting natural products for healthy aging
(PI Rollinger, co-PI Zwirchmayr) - 2022-2025
FWF Project P - 35115
Inhalation of natural products against lung infections (PI LA Dailey (Div. Pharm. Tech.), co-PI Grienke) - 2020-2024
FWF Project P -34028
Natural products against acute respiratory infections (PI Rollinger, co-PI Grienke) - 2018-2022
Natvantage Grant 2018 of the Wilhelm Doerenkamp Foundation
NaProFlu: Natural Products targeting low respiratory tract infections (Rollinger) - 2018-2020
Hochschuljubiläumsfonds - Projekt H-211753
Xanthones from Metaxya rostrata as promising new lead compounds for cancer therapy (Mittermair/Krenn) - 2018-2020
Project for Interdisciplinary Research Network funded by the Faculty of Life Sciences, UNIVIE Self medication in Darwin's finches: identifying the mosquito repellent components of Psidium galapageum (Tebbich/Krenn) - 2017 – 2022
ADSI - Austrian Drug Screening Institute
In vivo Screening of plant extracts using C. elegans as a model system (Rollinger) - 2017-2020
DOC-fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW) to Dagmar Pretsch
Targeting abnormal metal homeostasis to combat neurodegenerative disorders by natural products (Rollinger/Schmid) - 2017-2019
Hochschuljubiläumsfonds - Projekt H-246128/2016
Der wundheilenden Wirkung von Fichtenfaulpech auf der Spur (Göls/Glasl-Tazreiter/Heiss) - 2017-2018
ÖAD grant for Dr. Petar Ristivojevic
Quality assessment of Morus alba L. root bark (Sang bai pi) using planar chromatography- effect-directed analysis /HPLC-UV/Vis-DAD-ELSD-MS2 fingerprint combined with multivariate analysis - 2016-2018
Project for Interdisciplinary Research Network funded by the Faculty of Life Sciences, UNIVIE Microbial communities in marine sediments: preliminary analyses of diversity and secondary metabolite biosynthesis potential (Zotchev/Rollinger/Herndl) - 2015-2016
Project for Young Investigators, Award funded by the Faculty of Life Sciences, UNIVIE
(Grienke) - 2015
Ernst-Mach-Stipendium
Untersuchung von Komponenten der in der afrikanischen Geburtshilfe verwendeten Gewürzmischung Nkui (Tchoupang Nana/Krenn) - 2013
Ernst-Mach-Stipendium
Estrogenic Compounds in Eriosema laurentii (Ateba/Krenn) - 2012-2017
FWF - Project P24587
Natural Lead Structures Targeting Influenza (Rollinger) - 2012-2016
FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES 295174
hERGscreen: hERG related risk assessment of botanicals (Rollinger) - 2011-2016
Hochschuljubiläumsfonds - Projekt H-2009/2010
Arzneipflanzen bei Diabetes - Auffindung neuer blutzuckersenkender Wirkstoffe aus Pflanzen der österreichischen Volksmedizin (Pitschmann/Glasl-Tazreiter) - 2008-2014
FWF NFN-project S10703
Drugs from nature targeting inflammation: From in silico plant selection to bioactive natural products