Integrative Food and Nutrition Center
Innovating together across our food systems
Together with our partners we collaborate to develop new technologies that contribute in solving our global food challenges.
Our verticals
Bio-based materials
Smart packaging
Engineering & Processing
Degradation
Sustainability assessment
Consumer behaviours
Metabolism & nutrition
Sensing & monitoring data
Computational biology
Protein engineering
Neurosciences
Digital epidemiology
Machine learning & AI
Blockchain
Complex systems simulation
Hyperspectral imaging
Robotics & photonics
Sensors & tracking
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Be stimulated by our ecosystem and seize opportunities.
Navigating through the EPFL ecosystem is inspiring but complex.
We will put you in touch with the right EPFL expert, help you have access to state of the art research and be part of a vibrant ecosystem in which startups, SMEs, large enterprises, students and researchers mix naturally.
Our planet’s resources are under enormous pressure. A swelling global population coupled with geopolitical and social tensions is fueling climate change, whittling away biodiversity and challenging modern lifestyles […] We must act now to redesign the world’s food systems – how we produce, process, ship and buy the food we eat – to make them more ecologically responsible.
Latest activities
Jeremy Luterbacher’s PET-like plastic made of plant by-products
Jeremy Luterbacher from EPFL’s Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing has developed a way to turn plant by-products into materials that could serve as an alternative to some types of plastic.
Appel à projets sur le thème Sport & Nutrition
L’Innovation Booster Sport & Activité Physique, soutenu par Innosuisse et en collaboration avec l’UNIL et l’EPFL, est à la recherche d’un porteur de thème qui souhaiterait aborder la nutrition sous l’angle du sport. Le but étant de stimuler la collaboration multisectorielle afin de lancer de nouveaux projets et partenariats dans une culture d’innovation ouverte.
Événement – Sommet Suisse sur le Système Alimentaire
Ces derniers mois, l’Assemblée Citoyenne pour une Politique Alimentaire et le Comité scientifique Avenir Alimentaire Suisse se sont penchés de manière intensive sur cette question. Les recommandations en résultant pour une politique alimentaire durable ont été remis lors du Sommet Suisse sur le Système Alimentaire 2023.
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Francesco Stellaci |
Christian Nils Schwab |
Natacha Nagornova |
Chiara Donini |
Governance
IFNC is an interdisciplinary center attached to the EPFL Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs (VPA), Centers and Platforms
Associate Vice President – Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
Directorate
- Scientific Director – Francesco Stellacci
- Executive Director – Christian Schwab