​​Zainab Saleem holds an MRes in Biosciences Research from University College London, United Kingdom. She joined the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) at Aga Khan University in 2025 as a Research Associate, where she has been working on identifying survival pathways in drug-resistant breast and colorectal carcinomas as well as working on organoid development. Before this role, she was involved in research work on GPCR-cyclase signaling mechanisms in mammalian neurons at UCL.