Metabolites
Famous Scientists
Olaris Methods
The Olaris Family
100

Often referred to as the "molecular unit of currency" . This ubiquitous organic molecule provides energy for all living organisms.

What is ATP

100

Inventor of the lightning rod, bifocals, glass harmonica, and the urinary catheter. 

Who is Ben Franklin

100

This unbiased analytical method allows us to detect metabolites in a highly reproducible manner

What is NMR

100

May have movie suggestions for you based on ML model he developed

Who is Sri

200

The most abundant monosaccharide, this molecule is central to many metabolic pathways (glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, glycogen synthesis, pentose phosphate pathway, and more). In normal healthy adults its concentration is highly regulated at 5 mmol/L. 

What is glucose

200

Two time Nobel prize winner who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Discoverer of polonium and radium. 

Who is Marie Curie

200

Olaris IP strategy includes patents, copyrights, trademarks and this... shhh 

What is a trade secret?

200

Enjoys playing basketball and has a pet(s) chinchilla 

Who is Bo

300

A central nervous system stimulant, this is the worlds most widely consumed psychoactive drug. Made naturally in plants it is also chemically synthesized and added to many products. Recent data also suggest a role in Parkinson's Disease. 

What is caffeine 

300

Author of Principia, this scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation

Who is Isaac Newton

300

Olaris aims to embed our BoR tests into clinical practice, where before prescribing a drug, doctors would first order our test through this process

What is a pre-authorization pathway

300

Worked as a market assistant for Roche Pharmaceuticals for Avastin a medication used to treat patients with metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer. 

Who is Chen

400

Peroxides, superoxide, hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen are examples of this class of metabolites. Somewhat jokingly and somewhat truthfully,  these metabolites are associated with nearly all disease mechanisms.  

What are ROS

400

Identified and characterized many of the reactions within the citric acid cycle. 

Who is Hans Adolf Krebs

400

Olaris in an effort to always strive for better, is testing this algorithm to replace the grid system where given a set of points in some space, it groups together points that are closely packed together.

What is DBScan


Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN)

400

Which of these is not true about Leslie:

Met husband at summer camp

Hates onions

Trained social worker

Owns a home in Florida

What is Owns a home in Florida

500
An indicator of kidney health this metabolite is a byproduct of muscle metabolism that is excreted unchanged by the kidneys. It forms spontaneously after creatine is phosphorylated to the high energy muscle metabolite phosphocreatine.  
What is creatinine
500

Often hailed the "father of microbiology". He created the first vaccines ever for rabies and anthrax and is best known for his invention to treat milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination. 

Who is Louis Pasteur

500

Individual retrospective studies, combined meta studies and prospective studies provide the datasets for Olaris to uncover, validate and test our BoRs. If successful what type of diagnostic test do we intend to launch?

What is a CLIA-certified laboratory developed test

500

Worked in a lab of the second largest chemical company in the world to develop new pigment blending technqiues

Who is Emily