01Standards · Research · Frameworks

I build the frameworks that become the standard before there's a market.

“Well if it isn't the oracle herself! Too bad we don't have a recording of that call.”

Fred Hart · Partner, Interact

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Karen Pendergrass

Parekklisia, Cyprus

02The Receipts

2009

Founded Paleo Foundation. Professor said there was no market. The market arrived.

2012

First documented FMT for Celiac Disease. 4 years before the first published case study.

2020

Told Fred Hart that Pepsi would put prebiotics on their cans. Pepsi confirmed 2026.

2025

Only non-PhD among 150 researchers. Invited guest at Beneficial Microbes Conference.

2026

Published Microbiome Medicine Journal, Volume I. 5 original papers on Parkinson's disease.

Soon

Heavy metals as the next major consumer health issue. Smart toilets for biomonitoring. Phage therapy replacing antibiotics.

03Work with me

Three ways in.

Depending on what you need and how fast you need it.

01 / Advisory

$1,500/hr

For founders, executives, and product teams who need a specific question answered by someone who's already solved it.

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02 / Roundtable

$75K+

Structured multi-omics sessions producing prioritized targets, testable therapeutic directions, and a published synthesis.

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03 / Speaking

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Conferences, panels, and podcasts. Six topics from microbial metallomics to certification systems to trend forecasting.

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04Ventures

Six categories I created before they had a market.

Every project connects back to translating complex systems science into frameworks people can actually use.

Paleo Foundation↗
Microbiome Medicine↗
Journal of Food Metallomics↗
WikiBiome↗
Tinies↗
Gardens of St. Gertrude↗
05Current thinking

Writing

All writing →
Microbiome Research · 13 minMicrobial Metallomics: The Missing Link in Heavy Metal Contamination
Analysis · 6 minThe Obesity Scapegoat: Why Sugar Isn't the Whole Story
Forecasting · 10 min2030 Trends: What the Next Five Years Look Like
Personal · 15 minRange: How a Dropped-Out, Self-Taught Polymath Ended Up Here
06Origin

After years of misdiagnoses, I became the first known person to undergo FMT for Celiac Disease.

DIY, because no GI would do it. Four years later, the published case study called it a breakthrough. That experience changed the trajectory of everything you see here.

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