We are a MedTech startup redefining quality calibration standards for pathology labs, research, and education.
"To improve patient care by ensuring that diagnostic oncology markers are scored consistently, reducing staining and interpretation errors through sequence-characterized cellular reference platforms."
Through unified hardware (FFPE cellular controls) and scalable software (AI cloud-hosted WSIs deconvolution), we bridge the gap between histology runs and objective therapeutic decisions.
Operating right next to Houston's premier academic medical campus, we witnessed how often pathology clinics struggled to cross-validate dynamic markers. We founded PCI in 2024 to deliver a standardized ground truth.
Prior to PCI, labs were forced to harvest residual tissue fragments from patient resections. Since tumor resections degrade quickly and are genetically inconsistent, primary stain runs frequently drifted without detection.
We spent two years sequencing, cloning, and characterizing uniform cellular plugs containing precise HER2, p53, and Mismatch Repair gene expression patterns. This gave clinical labs an indestructible standard of consistency.
Founder / CEO
jandersen@pcibio.comDr. Andersen is a board-certified practicing pathologist with over 15+ years of experience. He served in the US Army for 8+ years, with residency training in Pathology at the internationally renowned Walter Reed Military Medical Center. He obtained the rank of Major serving as a pathologist (61U) at Fort Bragg, NC, Seoul, Korea and Camp Humphreys, Korea. He has a proven molecular and cellular biology background in biomarker discovery and characterization with multiple publications involving genetics, genomics and proteomics.
Strategic Tech Advisor
apace@pcibio.comAccomplished technology and analytics leader with over a decade of experience driving digital transformation in data-intensive environments. Proven expertise in developing and executing innovative data analytics frameworks that accelerate workflows and enhance operational efficiencies. Adept at building and leading cross-functional teams to deliver breakthrough solutions in business intelligence and data analytics.
AI Product Engineer
jqirjaj@pcibio.comLeads the end-to-end product engineering lifecycle and drives the optimization of the PCI AI model. Coordinates cross-functional workflows and keeps engineering, histopathology, and product tracks aligned on delivery.
Lead Histotechnologist
aronquillo@pcibio.comExecutes the wet-lab foundation of every PCI cellular control — from FFPE embedding and microtome sectioning through immunohistochemistry staining runs. Ensures each block and slide meets the reproducibility and antigen-density specifications that make our controls trusted by diagnostic laboratories.
Technical Marketing Intern
amahmood@pcibio.comContributes to engineering pipelines, viewer interfaces, and software tools, and drives technical marketing across the PCI platform. Bridges product engineering and outward-facing content so new capabilities land clearly with pathologists and lab directors.
Former MedTech Intern
acarruth@pcibio.comLed medical research and evidence-gathering behind the PCI Education page, curating primary literature on IHC biomarkers, cell-line controls, and diagnostic scoring standards into materials pathology trainees and lab directors can actually use. Contributed to the calibration and validation workflow feeding the p53AI pipeline, and collaborated on iterative optimization of the internal AI tooling used during model development. Set the groundwork for how future cohort members onboard onto the education and research side of PCI.
Our development laboratories operate inside the CUBiO Innovation Hub at 7505 Fannin Street, Suite 640b, part of the Texas Medical Center (TMC) ecosystem in Houston, Texas 77054.
TMC is the single largest clinical oncology ecosystem on earth. Operating within this environment gives our pathology team real-time visibility into the dynamic validation challenges facing major cancer research institutions.
CUBIO INNOVATION HUB, HOUSTON, TX
7505 Fannin St, Suite 640b
Direct logistics shipping access worldwide.
PCI's unique modular cellular composition algorithm, clonal sequence integration methods, and micro-pellet block cutting workflows are registered under active worldwide patent-pending portfolios (PCT filings). We are dedicated to providing reproducible physical reference standards for pathology laboratories globally.
Building alongside the Texas Medical Center ecosystem
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