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A Conversation with Elena Goun

A chemist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has her reasons for traveling outside her comfort zone.

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Elena Goun, a chemist on the faculty of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne and her lab are using bioluminescence to measure glucose uptake in vivo. 

 (Credit: E. Budnikova)

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This is her new paper in Nature Methods. 

Maric, T. et al. Bioluminescent-based imaging and quantification of glucose uptake in vivo. Nat. Methods. 

Here is a profile of her in The Author File.

And here is a conversation with her to listen to:




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