Romaine is a postdoctoral researcher at the K. G. Jebsen Center for Cardiac Research, working on understanding the development of heart failure using cutting-edge molecular analysis. Using models of heart disease and human biopsy material, he aims to identify new molecular targets of heart failure that can be translated into treatment options.

Romaine holds a Masters and Bachelor’s degree in immunology from the prestigious Imperial College London, where he gained strong competence in the use of molecular techniques including flow cytometry and confocal microscopy whilst studying integrin receptor function. He continued his focus on integrin biology in the context of cardiac disease and in 2020 graduated with a PhD in cardiovascular research from the University of Oslo, in the award-winning group of Professor Geir Christensen based at the Institute for Experimental Medical Research (IEMR).

As a postdoctoral researcher, Romaine’s research is focused on elucidating the alterations in the cell surface receptor repertoire that occurs in heart failure progression. Two receptors families, the integrins and syndecans, in particular are promising candidates for therapeutic targeting to reduce the fibrotic and hypertrophic responses that occur in the heart when transitioning to a diseased state.