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kylemacquarrie.bsky.social
Pediatric oncologist and physician-scientist in Chicago, Asst Prof, big ol’ science nerd, 🏳️‍🌈, views my own, etc etc
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Sunday morning lab work requires very specific supplies.

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Reminding the cells in lab who they work for.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Getting to show off some of the lab’s hard work at Research Scholars Day. @manneresearch.bsky.social

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Northwestern has a great new website explaining why the federally-funded research we do benefits everybody: www.northwestern.edu/research-nu/...

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Today’s unexpected bonus for commuting via mass transit: meeting a cat wearing a bedazzled miniature sombrero chilling on the platform next to a sign saying ‘Cats’ lives matter’.

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Current world affairs mean that I will be instituting a mid-afternoon ‘tea and cookies’ break for my mental health for the foreseeable future. (Watch this space to see how quickly I also institute morning ‘coffee and chocolate’ and evening ‘wine and cake’ breaks.)

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New most potentially problematic auto correct at work: ‘echocardiogram’ got changed to ‘Howard’.

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I'm on a listserv to receive weekly funding opportunities from the #NIH, which is usually long and descriptive. This is what it says now. I've NEVER seen it like this before. #SaveOurScience

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The data are clear. Cancer mortality rates have been decreasing. And this is, undoubtedly, because of cancer research that results in new treatments. Medical research saves lives. pressroom.cancer.org/2025CancerFa...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Check out our piece & share widely! TL;DR Through the limited but significant powers of the presidency, the landscape for LGBTQI+ civil rights & social determinants of health can be fundamentally altered. W/ co-authors @CarsonFerrara @medlawdan.bsky.social @GilbertGonzales

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Hear from Drs. Eric Wafula and Elena Vasileva who sat down with us to share their experiences at Data Lab training workshops! Learn why they believe our #SingleCell #RNASeq courses are essential for #PediatricCancer researchers who want to perform their own analysis.

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Some more details on our terminated NIH grant, including quotes detailing the direct harm this termination has on our freshmen and sophomore students. Thanks to @stephmachado.bsky.social and @globeri.bsky.social for highlighting this. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/27/m...

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