Phytochemistry & Biodiscovery
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
Funded Projects
- 2017- 2020
DOC followship of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW)
Targeting abnormal metal homeostasis to combat neurodegenerative disorders by natural products (Pretsch) - 2017-2019
Hochschuljubiläumsfonds - Projekt H-246128/2016
Der wundheilenden Wirkung von Fichtenfaulpech auf der Spur (Göls/Glasl-Tazreiter/Heiss) - 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) - 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) - 2015
Ernst-Mach-Stipendium
Untersuchung von Komponenten der in der afrikanischen Geburtshilfe verwendeten Gewürzmischung Nkui (Tchoupang Nana/Krenn) - 2008-2014
FWF NFN-project S10703
Drugs from nature targeting inflammation: From in silico plant selection to bioactive natural products - 2013
Ernst-Mach-Stipendium
Estrogenic Compounds in Eriosema laurentii (Ateba/Krenn)
