Biography
Hi, I'm Zulkifal, currently I am a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Professor Pierre J Magistretti at KAUST. Before joining KAUST, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Milan, Italy, where I also earned my PhD in Experimental Medicine.
I'm a neuroscience researcher with expertise in neural stem cells isolation from the adult human brain, their in-vitro characterization, neuronal differentiation, and the generation of 3D brain organoid models.
By exploring the interplay between cellular metabolism and epigenetic regulation using advanced 3D brain organoids, my current work aims to uncover how metabolic signals such as lactate shape brain function and cellular identity in health and disease.
In my free time I like cooking, reading, music and running.
Research Interests Keywords
Neural stem cells
Neural differentiation
Brain organoids
Cell metabolism
Lactylation
Epigenetics