Researchers working with human milk laboratory equipment

Research Servicesby

Partnering with you to translate human milk science into real solutions.

We accelerate human milk studies through specialized research expertise, bespoke tools, and human milk collection capabilities.

To bring new breastfeeding solutions to market, you need strong evidence. Safety, efficacy, and usability. But collecting that evidence is slow, expensive, and requires niche skills and equipment.

PumpKin combines human milk science capabilities with agile research execution, helping partners generate decision-ready data faster and with greater confidence.

Our Capabilities

What we support.

Experimental design, IRB protocol development, and submission
Participant recruitment and sample collection
Decentralized data collection with pumping parents
Laboratory analyses
Custom tool or product development

Applying modern science to our most ancient superfood.

Custom milk analytics

We operate a FOSS MilkoScan FT3 optimized for human milk analyses and design studies assessing nutritional, biochemical, and quality markers of human milk.

Who we work with.

Brands

Clinicians

Academics

Funders

Who We Are

Leadership Team

Dr. Justin Silpe

CSO

Dr. Olivia Joy

CEO

Anjali ShahLyng

Scientist

Scientific Collaborators

Dr. Bonnie Bassler

Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University

Dr. Meghan Azad

Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health in the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba

Built to advance human milk science.

PumpKin's human milk research platform was initially curated to understand how human milk composition changes under household storage conditions. This required developing a robust approach to collect and analyze fresh human milk.

Now, we've expanded our pipeline to accelerate human milk research across many focus areas. Our mission remains the same: translate the science of breast milk into simple solutions for pumping parents and the professionals who support them.