Karen Lam, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Molecular biology, diagnostics
development and commercialization
What we do
Pawsperity Biotechnologies is improving the current diagnostic toolbox for assessing health and disease in companion animals with innovative, accurate and actionable testing technology, developed through
Molecular profiling
Information gathered at the biomolecular level, from tens of thousands of genes, proteins, metabolites, microbes (see capabilities below)
A.I. & Machine Learning
State-of-the-art data analytics that generate high-resolution health and disease "fingerprints" for each pet, based on its unique molecular profile
Collaboration
Breaking barriers and working across sectors and disciplines to solve problems in veterinary health - together
Meet the Pawsperity Team
We are scientists and problem-solvers with over 90 years of combined experience in molecular diagnostics development and 70 peer-reviewed publications in molecular profiling, machine learning, bioinformatics, molecular biology and pathology, and biomarker development
We are bringing extensive diagnostics development experience from human medicine to animal health, to address some of the most common chronic conditions we share with animals, such as kidney failure, heart disease, and diabetes.
Our capabilities
We have a track record in the analysis of many types of molecular and clinical data, as well as integrating across these diverse data types to generate more informative, biologically-relevant diagnostics
Genomics
(blood, blood cells, stool, tissue)
Microarrays, next-generation sequencing, targeted gene expression
Proteomics
(blood, tissue, urine)
Mass spectrometry, immuno-assays, other targeted protein assays
Metabolomics
(blood, urine)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry
Epigenetics
(blood)
DNA methylation arrays (e.g., Illumina EPIC and 450K)
Cell composition
(blood cells, tissue)
Flow cytometry, complete blood counts, single cell sequencing
Imaging & Clinical data
Blood chemistry, physiologic data, treatment, pathology, Imaging (e.g., ultrasound, CT, X-ray),