Evidence-linked researcher network

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Evidence-based expertise clusters

Clusters overlap by design. They are generated from verified works and the WikiBiome articles those works support—not from popularity.

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Heavy metals & microbial metallomics

Metal exposure, microbial metal handling, metalloproteins, resistance, and host–microbiome effects.

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Gut–brain axis & neurodegeneration

Microbial pathways connected to Parkinson’s disease, cognition, neuroinflammation, and brain health.

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Early-life & infant health

Infant nutrition, developmental exposure, neonatal microbiomes, and critical windows of susceptibility.

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Metabolic health

Obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, microbial metabolites, and cardiometabolic pathways.

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Immunity & inflammatory disease

Inflammatory signaling, barrier function, autoimmune disease, and host–microbe immune interactions.

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Microbial ecology

Community structure, dysbiosis, taxa, metabolites, ecological pressures, and resilience.

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Food safety & regulatory science

Contaminant standards, exposure thresholds, certification, food systems, and regulatory evidence.

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Evidence synthesis & methods

Systematic review, evidence architecture, computational methods, standards, and reproducible synthesis.

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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.

Institute of Contaminant Standards · Microbiome Medicine · Paleo Foundation

Heavy metals & microbial metallomicsGut–brain axis & neurodegenerationEarly-life & infant healthFood safety & regulatory scienceMetabolic healthImmunity & inflammatory disease

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