LLewelyn Roderick

LLewelyn Roderick is a full professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven. He leads the Experimental Cardiology unit and contributes to doctoral committees and faculty governance.

• Research focuses on calcium signaling microdomains, epigenetic regulation of cardiac growth, and arrhythmogenesis mechanisms.
• Projects include studies on obesity-induced cardiomyocyte dysfunction, hypoxia sensitivity in cardiac cells, and DNA methylation in aging hearts.
• Current initiatives investigate connexin-43 hemichannels, neutrophil extracellular traps, and 3D cardiac models for drug discovery.

His work spans fundamental cardiovascular biology and translational approaches, including collaborations on immune-monitoring technologies and cardiac progenitor cell metabolism. Teaching contributions include advanced courses on epigenetics and cardiovascular biology.