The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to be recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in pharmaceutical research and education. We promote the discovery, development, and appropriate use of medications for the welfare and the safety of the public.

The range of topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences aims at the identification and the characterisation of both new biologically active natural products and synthetic drugs and at understanding of their interactions with human targets on a molecular level using in silico, in vitro, and in vivo models.

Based on this knowledge, new lead compounds and disease relevant targets are investigated and delivery systems for pharmaceutical active ingredients are developed.

 News & Events

09.07.2024
 

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 (Kann uns die Natur helfen, neue Medikamente zu finden?).

20.06.2024 11:30
 

An exciting lecture as part of the Department Meeting, by Prof. Carsten Gründemann, Universität Basel, Switzerland

13.06.2024 11:30
 

An exciting lecture as part of the Department Meeting, Prof. Wolfgang Maison, Universität Hamburg, Germany

29.05.2024
 

On May 29th, a study group from Vives University (Roeselare, Belgium) visited lab facilities at the Department under the guidance of Manfred Ogris and Verena Dirsch together with Elke Heiss, Haider Sami and Marlene Eder to learn about the use of nucleic acid based drugs for the treatment of cancer and the use of natural products to find new biologically active compounds. The group consisted of Zoey Vandenberghe, lecturer in Biotechnology, two more teachers, and 22 bachelor students.

23.05.2024 14:30
 

An exciting lecture as part of the Department Meeting, by Prof. Marcel van der Heyden, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands

18.04.2024 11:30
 

An exciting lecture as part of the Department Meeting, by Prof. Maria Buchweitz, Universität Hamburg, Germany