About us
A Belgian team behind every BIOOM report.
BIOOM was founded to close the gap between what your dog feels and what your vet can see. We combine veterinary medicine, microbiome science and Belgian engineering to make gut health understandable — for everyone with a dog.
- First kit shipped
- 2025
- Sequencing in Belgium
- 16S rRNA
- Data stays here
- 100% EU
Our mission
Help every dog live a longer, more comfortable life by making advanced microbiome diagnostics accessible, affordable and easy to act on at home.
“A dog can't explain what's wrong. The microbiome can.”
Our story
How BIOOM started
After years of seeing the same chronic digestion, skin and behaviour issues in clinic — without clear answers — our founders teamed up with a Belgian sequencing lab to build a test owners could actually use. The first BIOOM kit shipped from Ghent in 2025.
The founders
The team
We are veterinarians, microbiologists, bioinformaticians and designers, based between Ghent and Antwerp. Our scientific work is reviewed by an independent advisory board of academic vets.
Dr. Elke Maes
Co-founder, veterinarian
Twelve years in small animal practice in Ghent, with a focus on chronic digestive and skin cases.
Dr. Joris Peeters
Co-founder, microbiologist
Built the 16S sequencing pipeline behind every BIOOM report and keeps our lab protocol honest.
Nour Haddad
Bioinformatics lead
Turns millions of sequencing reads into a report you can read over a cup of coffee.
What we stand for
- 01
Science you can read — every report is written in plain language, with sources.
- 02
Your data stays in the EU. Always. GDPR-compliant by default.
- 03
Made in Belgium, end to end — from kit to lab to report.
Curious what your dog's gut is telling you?
Order a BIOOM kit and get a personalised microbiome report, written by the team above.
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