Faculty of Life Sciences

Faculty of Life Sciences

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The Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna conducts cutting-edge research in biology, pharmacy and nutritional sciences, advancing our understanding of biological systems, evolution, health and disease. Our curiosity-driven fundamental research provides the basis for solutions to global challenges, including climate change, sustainable nutrition, biodiversity loss, novel therapeutics and healthy ageing.

Our outstanding and internationally recognised work has been honoured with top awards and grants. Beyond research and teaching, we drive innovation and societal impact through active knowledge transfer to make science accessible and tangible through hands-on experience and public engagement.

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Plant-based diets can reduce the risk of multimorbidity

28.08.2025 Research

Vegan salad bowl and veggis arranged around it.

Multimorbidity caused by cancer and cardiometabolic diseases can be reduced – regardless of age

From Vienna to the Atlantic Ocean: Tracing the deep sea's missing carbon

27.08.2025 Research

Research vessel on the sea.

For this unusual leg of the Roadtrip, we join microbial oceanographer Gerhard Herndl and his team as they collect samples across the North Atlantic,…

What Geese Teach Us About Leadership and Followers

18.08.2025 Research

4 geese flying over a blue river.

Courage and curiosity shape the flock's collective behavior

Ultra-sensitive metaproteomics illuminates hidden gut microbe-host interactions and therapeutic targets

27.07.2025 Research

A drawing of a light illuminating molecules and the gut in a mouse.

A team led by scientists of the Center of Excellence for Metaproteomics and the Systems Biology of Pain Laboratory from the University of Vienna has…

The Holobiont Revolution: How wheat is becoming more climate-resilient through nature-based plant breeding and machine learning

22.07.2025 Research

Picture of a wheat field with a sunset.

Focus on the interaction between the microbiome and plants

What the sea spider genome reveals about their bizarre anatomy

04.07.2025 Research

A white organism with many legs or tentacles, feeding on a sea anemone.

The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides novel insights in chelicerate evo-devo

Our researchers in the media

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8

Departments

in 3 different locations
1.140

Employees

66 Nationalities

32,2 % non-scientific staff
9.211

Students

in 19 study programmes

in 2025