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
Sustainable packaging
Bio-based materials
Smart packaging
Engineering & Processing
Degradation
Sustainability assessment
Consumer behaviours
Precision nutrition – Healthy ageing
Metabolism & nutrition
Sensing & monitoring data
Computational biology
Protein engineering
Neurosciences
Digital epidemiology
Food system digitalization
Machine learning & AI
Blockchain
Complex systems simulation
Hyperspectral imaging
Robotics & photonics
Sensors & tracking
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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
Tech4Regen Call for Applications 2025
Are you a startup developing cleantech solutions to tackle environmental and climate challenges? Don’t miss the opportunity to join Tech4Regen 2025 at EPFL Innovation Park – an 8-month, equity-free program designed to accelerate your impact.
Symposium – Feeding the microbiota 2025
Participate in the 10th edition of the microbiota symposium dedicated to exploring clinical and personalized nutrition through discoveries about the gut microbiota. This symposium aims to bring together doctors, scientists, healthcare professionals, and industry players who share a common interest in the nutritional modulation of the microbiota and its profound impact on energy metabolism.
Cryogenic microscopy could help strengthen food security
“Our research provides the first visual proof, at the cellular scale, of how plants protect themselves against excess of sodium,” says Dr Priya Ramakrishna. Better understanding the mechanism and working out why some species are more tolerant to sodium than others could allow to develop new strategies to strengthen food security.
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Governance
IFNC is an interdisciplinary center attached to the EPFL Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs (VPA), Centers and Platforms
Associate Vice President – David Atienza Alonso