Honored to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2025 in Beijing! Welcoming the Year of the Snake with vibrant festivities, delicious food, and unforgettable moments! #ChineseNewYear2025 #Beijing #festival #photography

A few more glimpses of Chinese New Year captured through my camera—Beijing is bursting with colors, festivities, and celebrations! #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #Beijing

Bejing; Glimpses of Lunar New Year Celebrations Through My Camera Lens #LunarNewYear2025 #ChineseNewYear2025 #Beijing

Glimpses of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing through my camera lens. #LunarNewYear #Beijing #ChineseNewYear2025

A few more glimpses of the Chinese New Year celebrations through my lens, featuring vibrant food stalls offering traditional Chinese delicacies—a highlight of the festivities! #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear #Beijing

Beijing: Chinese New Year celebrations through my lens! #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear2025 #Beijing

Our study reveals that the TFs HES5-FOXP2-GATA3 trio is key in forebrain enhancers, with FOXP2 binding between the others. Their order is fixed, but spacing varies—placing our model between enhanceosome & billboard models. Read more: journals.biologists.com/bio/article-lo…

Grateful for the chance to witness and photograph China’s beloved giant panda! 🐼❤ Once on the edge of extinction with just over 1,000 left in the 1980s, these incredible creatures have made a remarkable comeback thanks to dedicated conservation efforts. #wildlife #GiantPanda

Fatima Batool, PhD scholar in my team & first author of a recent paper, is recognized for her work on TF-based syntax in tissue-specific gene regulation. Her interview, published alongside the article, is an inspiration for young researchers! Read more: journals.biologists.com/bio/article/14…

Spotted this black, glittering sunbird in my hometown Birote while visiting in July 2025. It’s a peaceful place located in the Siwalik Hills of the Outer Himalayas, about 3,500 feet above sea level.   #sunbird #birdphotography #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Himalayas

A female purple sunbird feeding on fresh blossoms of a fruiting tree, captured in Birote, located in the western Outer Himalayas of Pakistan. Photo taken in July 2025 at an elevation of 3,500 feet above sea level.   Birds of Pakistan #birdphotography #biodiversity #wildlife

Caught this peaceful moment of a Long-tailed Shrike sitting on the top bare branches in Birote (Outer Himalayas), July 2025, around 3,500 feet elevation. #birdphotography #wildlife #biodiversity #Himalayas

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From space to robotics, medicine to climate—science shapes our future. We need science leaders with vision and depth. Prof. Neil Shubin, a world-renowned evolutionary biologist, is a truly inspired choice to lead the NSA.  nature.com/articles/d4158…

What made the human brain bigger and smarter than Neanderthals’? Our study reveals how fast-evolving enhancers and a human-specific IRX3 mutation (P422L) may have rewired brain development. #humanevolution #Neuroscience #sciencenews link.springer.com/article/10.100…

After days of July #monsoon rain, spotted this beautiful yellowish #GoldenOriole resting on a tree during a brief sunny break. Captured in Birote, Outer Western #Himalayas, ~3,500 feet.  #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

Caught this beautiful parakeet on a foggy post monsoon morning in Birote, calmly drying off on bare branches after the rain, seemed to enjoy the moment as much as I did. Western Himalayas, 3,500 ft elevation. #birdphotography #birding #wilife #Himalayas #parakeet

#genomics #database #science Our PAHG (Phylogenomic Analysis of Human Genome) database is now published and live. Explore PAHG at: pahgncb.com | pahg.qau.edu.pk link.springer.com/article/10.118…

10th Big Data Forum, China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing (15th-17th Oct, 2025). #science #bigdata #Beijing

Group photo 10th Big Data Forum, Beijing (Oct 15th-17th, 2025): Speakers and other participants. #science #BigData #Beijing