EIC Pathfinder Challenge Portfolio - Precision Nutrition
The EIC Pathfinder Challenge Portfolio brings together the eight research consortia funded by the EIC Pathfinder Challenge “Precision Nutrition” call, including NutriEV, to foster collaboration, facilitate data sharing, and enhance synergies among participating teams. With a strong focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, the portfolio aims to translate research into real-world applications, maximizing societal and market impact.
The EIC Pathfinder Challenge “Precision Nutrition” is a 2023 European Innovation Council (EIC) initiative supporting research on nutrition, the gut microbiome, and glycans. It aims to develop personalized dietary guidelines that consider individual factors such as age, gender, and genetics, ultimately improving health and preventing disease.
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FIBRE-MATCH
Bugs4urate
The Bugs4Urate project investigates how diet, glycans, and the gut microbiome influence urate metabolism to develop safer, more effective strategies for treating hyperuricemia and preventing gout. Gout is a painful, chronic disease caused by excess urate in the blood, often linked to diet and metabolic imbalance.
Current treatments, including strict dietary restrictions and medications, are frequently inadequate or cause side effects. Bugs4Urate proposes an innovative, precision nutrition approach combining probiotics, dietary fibers, and personalized patient stratification to lower serum urate levels and address the root causes of gout through targeted, microbiome-based interventions.
GLUCOTYPES
GLUCOTYPES is redefining how we approach type 2 diabetes prevention. By combining advanced glucose monitoring, molecular biology, and machine learning, this EIC-funded project aims to identify unique blood sugar patterns –defined as “glucotypes”– that can provide early insights into disease development and lay the foundation for personalized nutrition strategies. Led by a multidisciplinary team from across Europe, the project combines cutting-edge science with a shared commitment to improving health.
NUTRIMMUNE
NUTRIMMUNE is a collaborative project on a European scale, aiming to define new standards for precision nutrition that takes into account individual immune profiles and symptoms.
Nutrition adapted to the individual, based on knowledge of immunology and metabolomics, is considered a promising avenue for preventing these pathologies and improving the quality of life of patients.
The origin of NUTRIMMUNE is based on the emerging need for new approaches to treat metabolic disorders (such as type 2 diabetes and obesity), the incidence of which continues to increase in Europe. The objective of the project is to address the need to better understand the interaction between nutrition and the immune system, and to develop personalized nutritional strategies capable of optimizing metabolic health. Indeed, NUTRIMMUNE brings together academic, clinical and industrial partners from several European countries to carry out this innovative research.This project is part of the European Innovation Council Pathfinder.
Other collaborations
FarmEVs Project
The FarmEVs project is at the forefront of sustainable agricultural innovation, leveraging plant-derived extracellular vesicles to address critical environmental challenges. Funded by the European Union through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, this groundbreaking initiative explores how naturally occurring vesicles—tiny structures released by plant cells—can serve as an eco-friendly alternative to those from mammalian sources. By developing a large-scale, vegetable-based vesicle production system using organically grown crops, FarmEVs aims to transform agricultural practices for a greener, more sustainable future. This ambitious project brings together an international consortium of eight partners from six countries, working collaboratively to revolutionize the way we approach sustainability in farming.