Q&A with Lotte Bertelsen and Christoffer Lausten
BY Jessica McKay
Christoffer, Lotte and Ellie, captured in midthought during our Skype interviewThis month we sat down with Dr. Lotte Bertelsen, Dr. Christoffer Laustsen, and our youngest (and cutest!) MRM contributor, Lotte’s 8-month-old daughter Ellie. From their homes in Denmark, Christoffer and Lotte discussed the April Editor’s Pick: Diabetes induced renal urea transport alterations assessed with 3D hyperpolarized 13C, 15N-Urea. In this work, Lotte and Christoffer use MRI to assess renal function in diabetic and normal rats by measuring the hyperpolarized 13C-Urea gradient across the kidney.