EPFL BioE Talks SERIES "Nutritional Solutions for the Prevention of Age-Related Diseases at a Global Scale"
2024-03-11 12:15 - 13:15 | SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717 https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks
Philipp Gut, M.D., Department Manager at Nestlé Research, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne (CH)
WEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES (sandwiches provided)

Abstract:
Inadequate nutrition is considered the main risk factor for non-communicable diseases and mortality. As such, poor nutrition accentuates the burden of demographic aging for global public health. Beyond the consumption of a generally diverse and balanced diet, food can be designed to address nutritional gaps that are causally linked to cellular and physiological aging. In this talk, I will present discovery work on human metabolites and plant-derived small molecules that slow cellular aging as well as research into biological age clocks as tools go guide healthy aging interventions. I will further discuss translational challenges and opportunities to deploy nutritional solutions effectively for primary prevention.

Bio:
Philipp is Head of Data Sciences and Precision Nutrition and Expert for Biology of Aging at the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences. In these roles, he leads research programs that develop nutritional solutions for proactive health care and prevention of non-communicable diseases. Current research spans precision nutrition interventions for biological age management, biological age clocks and digital nutrition services.

Philipp graduated from Heidelberg Medical School in Germany prior to working in Academia at the University of California and the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, USA on molecular mechanisms of metabolic and age-related diseases.

Zoom link (with one-time registration for the whole series) for attending remotely: https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks

Instructions for 1st-year Ph.D. students who are under EDBB’s mandatory seminar attendance rule:
IN CASE you cannot attend in-person in the room, please make sure to

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