Life Sciences Directory

The Department Life Sciences acts as an international academic competence centre of interdisciplinary education and research. The Department of Life Sciences is divided into the institutes: the Institute of Biotechnology (Research, development and knowledge transfer) and the Research Institute Krems Bioanalytics (Contract research institute of the IMC FH Krems in the field of biotechnology).

IST Austria is an international, PhD-granting research institution dedicated to cutting-edge research in Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Information and System Sciences. It was established in 2009 and was ranked 3rd among the world's best research institutions in the Nature normalized Index 2019. IST is a world leader in successful ERC grant applications with the 65 institute’s professors holding a combined amount of 39 ERC grants.

Inte:Ligand supports scientists worldwide with innovative computer-aided design solutions for early bio-active compound discovery. Molecular designers in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and other life science industries use our solutions to design and identify novel bioactive molecules. We develop the most innovative and user friendly modeling software platforms and provide expert consulting to inspire the innovative process of designing molecules, filtering ideas, and de-risking candidates.