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Karen Pendergrass

0000-0002-2348-7259

Karen Pendergrass is a standards architect, translational microbiome researcher, and founder whose work connects contaminant evidence, heavy-metal exposure, microbial ecology, and third-party certification. Her research integrates microbial metallomics, food metallomics, trace-metal biology, toxicology, regulatory science, and computational microbiome signature analysis. She develops transparent, versioned, source-traceable research, laboratory-evidence, and certification systems.

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Institute of Contaminant StandardsMicrobiome MedicinePaleo Foundation

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Heavy metals & microbial metallomicsGut–brain axis & neurodegenerationEarly-life & infant healthFood safety & regulatory scienceMetabolic healthImmunity & inflammatory diseaseMicrobial ecologyEvidence synthesis & methods

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Microbial metallomicsMicrobiome medicineHeavy-metal exposureFood safetyRegulatory scienceEvidence synthesisHost–microbiome interactionsContaminant standards
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