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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Even weekday lunchtime potlucks deserve cake.

The bottom cake layer, with blackberry jam and a surrounding ring of buttercream

The finished 2 layer cake with small buttercream decorations with blueberries (also my corgi eyeballing it greedily in the background).

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There are worse places to do some work on the weekend.

A dog, a deck, some plants, and a real nice day, all around me while I do some work on my laptop.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And a thank you to Genes & Development @genesdev.bsky.social for giving me the (last clean) shirt that finally carried me through to making it all the way to home.

Me, finally at home, in a Genes & Development t shirt

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I guess I do science with the deer and in the woods now. (Partially because my flight home got cancelled literally as I posted this.)

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And note to self: don’t try to snap pics of deer while jogging - it just makes it look like I’m in the Blair Witch Project.

A poor picture of deer in the distance that looks like a still from a horror film.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

100% more deer content at this meeting at Cold Spring Harbor than any other scientific meeting I’ve been to.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The views at Cold Spring Harbor Lab meetings just never miss. @cshlmeetings.bsky.social

A second gorgeous view of a field and trees.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I always appreciate some good canine side-eye.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Got to show up on FOX32 Chicago on Labor Day to talk about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, how important it is to support pediatric cancer patients and families, and a little about my work. Unknowingly coordinating my tie with the anchor’s outfit was just an added bonus.

Me, smiling in a green room with the ‘FOX32 Chicago’ sign on the wall behind.

A picture of a tv screen showing myself and a FOX32 anchor, Tia Ewing, talking on set about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Too many writing tasks to get through? Do what I (accidentally) did and write the list somewhere where visitors to your office will lean against the wall and unknowingly erase them for you. Problem solved. Follow me for more efficiency tips!

A list labeled ‘writing tasks’ on a wall that has had all the items smudged out.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You’re right, LinkedIn, I *haven’t* calculated the cost per wear of putting my lab members into these uniforms to do science. 🤔🤔 (And I guess waiters don’t exist?)

A LinkedIn ad for ‘waitressville’ uniforms.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

When life gives you lemons (a 4 lb bag of plums from Costco), make lemonade (a plum upside-down cake).

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My assistant for tonight’s final grant edits has assumed the appropriate vantage point to monitor my progress.

A corgi curled up in a chair in an office, watching me closely.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My Vallhund has found screaming at the lake when it’s frozen to be a great way to pass the time.

a Vallhund barking at a frozen Lake Michigan

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I’m pretty sure my corgi is looking to pull in some brawn to match her brains in the pursuit of food, if Fischer is looking for a job (and doesn’t mind eventually taking all the blame).

A corgi sitting on a couch, thinking up a new evil plan.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Not my area of expertise, but it’s probably bad when water is shooting UP from drains during a downpour?

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Devastating office pineapple plant update - it toppled over sometime during the weekend and now looks sort of drunk when I flipped it back upright. I suspect its remaining days are numbered. 🫡

The pineapple plant in my office with its pineapple upside down and hanging on for dear life.

A severely askew pineapple on a pineapple plant (after I pushed it back into place).

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

On today’s episode of Adventures in Berry Farming - about $15 worth of raspberries if they were from the store and with a bonus of getting a bunch of stabs from thorns while picking em.

A Tupperware container of freshly harvested raspberries from my yard

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Just gonna say my Chicago-based office has been tropical way before it got trendy here.

A screenshot of a news article mentioning Chicago is currently more humid than the Amazon rainforest.

The pineapple plant in my office is happy as a clam and continuing to grow.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We’re so hot, my mustache wax is melting. 🫠

A man with sunglasses and a drooping mustache

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I’ve been pretty sure autocorrect has gotten worse, but this is a whole new level.

My phones autocorrect suggesting that I want to type ‘edicruok’ or ‘edu dupl’ in response to me leaving the ‘a’ out from the word ‘education’, but otherwise spelling it correctly.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Does any member of a herding breed ever turn down the opportunity to get up to trouble? 🫠

A corgi and a Vallhund sitting on a couch and being sassy

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We *were* wondering why our strawberry patch seemed slow to produce this year.

A raised strawberry bed with a rabbit sitting in the middle of it.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I get the occasional gardening success.

A pruned rose that I somehow grew successfully.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Celebrating the start of Pride in true physician-scientist fashion: working on a grant at home while also on call.

a platypus holding its head in horror in front of a flaming laptop with the word ‘cooked’ above it.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Live update: I don’t think she’s impressed.

A snoozing, squishfaced corgi at the end of my chair.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The face of a dog who does NOT APPRECIATE me taking out the trash to the bins without his help.

An indignant Vallhund seen through a fence

The Vallhund has become even more indignant and is seen closer up

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Look, I know the clover in our yard is good rabbit food but you’re flirting with danger here, buddy.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Office pineapple update - it shows no signs of stopping growing.

A plant in my office growing a single pineapple.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Just realized the organic jam says to use within 30 days of opening. Guess I have *no choice* but to use it by making cookies.

Jam filled thumbprint cookies prior to going in the oven.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

My typical view at like 4 am. After all, it’s only 1 hour before her breakfast time, so close enough as far as she’s concerned. 🫩

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Chicago upside: unexpectedly finding this view. Chicago downside: you only found it because Apple Maps said this was the way to the nearest coffee shop, but failed to mention you’d have to jump over the railing and fall 100 feet to get there.

A picture of a tree lined Chicago cityscape seen from a pedestrian overpass very far above the street below (where the caffeine is at).

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Time for me to repost the cough syrup recipe we found in one of our old cookbooks.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Well, I know what *my* attitude is when this sort of thing happens. And you’re welcome to join me.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

40+ degree swings in temperature in less than a week in Chicago mean the hooks in our house reserved for coats that are ‘likely to be needed’ are *struggling*.

An absurdly large and varied number of jackets hung on a few hooks.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I may be on clinical service, but poised and ready to click ‘like’ on all Match Day posts I see!

A stock picture of an extended index finger.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

POV: you own a corgi, and just laid down on the couch.

Extreme closeup of a corgi snout and eye (just one, because of how close she is).

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Office-grown pineapple update: it continues to be both pretty adorable and sort of disturbing at how well it is doing here in Chicago in the winter.

A cute little pineapple growing on a pineapple plant in my office.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

As if it wasn’t already tough enough to get me to stop talking, now I’ll be giving a TedX talk. (But in all seriousness - very appreciative that Northwestern’s TedX is giving me this chance to talk about pediatric cancer.) @manneresearch.bsky.social

A screenshot from the TedX Northwestern website showing that I’ll be one of the speakers for ‘The Ripple Effect’.

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Kyle MacQuarrie MD PhD @kylemacquarrie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Did not expect to find instructions for cough syrup in one of our old cookbooks. Pretty sure coughing was the least of your worries after you took this. 😐

A recipe for cough syrup recommending a mixture of syrup of ipecac, camphor, peppermint essence and laudanum.

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