The Christian Doppler Research Association promotes the cooperation between science and business. Specifically, this takes place in specially established research units with fixed terms, in which application-orientated basic research is pursued. Under the direction of highly qualified scientists, research groups work in close contact with the commercial partners on innovative responses to business-related research issues.
R&D:Research topics in the life sciences range from phytogenic drug research, health of livestock, protein production in yeast and new biopharmaceuticals to the medical field where new imaging techniques, artificial intelligence for medical diagnosis and monitoring, cancer, immunological disorders or ion and phosphate biology are in focus.