Jade Pickering, PhD

@jadepickering.bsky.social

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Working at the intersection of open/reproducible science and product management. Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, University of Oxford.

In the foreground a hedgehog is eating out of a ramekin on some paving slabs, with some artifical grass to the right. Behind, a mostly black cat white white paws is half way under the gate with just the hind legs and tail visible, in a "sploot" position.
A close up of a hedgehog on paving slabs with a garden gate behind. The shot looks deceptively well lit due to the phone camera's night mode. The hedgehog appears to be looking shyly into the camera
Tented area in a field that's closed off. A sign above reads "Polybius Biotech galactic trace network Spaceport 4242". A spray painted sign below has a large spider and says "REBEL TAKEOVER IN PROGRESS, RETURN TONIGHT" where "tonight" replaces the word "tomorrow" which has been crossed out. A sign on the left reads "nullsector"
Hexagonal electronic badge with rainbow LEDs around the outside and a screen in the middle showing "connecting to WiFi". Attached on the right is the "hexpansion", which shows the constellation of Orion in white LEDs. The material it's on is galaxy themed and appears hazy and cloud-like.
Hexagonal electronic badge with rainbow LEDs around the outside and a screen in the middle showing "hello my name is Jade". Attached on the right is the "hexpansion", which shows the constellation of Orion in white LEDs. The material it's on is galaxy themed and appears hazy and cloud-like. They're arranged on a blanket but the photo was taken in the dark so the rainbow LEDs cast a colourful effect.
Huel If you're pregnant, older, or have an existing health condition, check with a pharmacist or GP before starting any antihistamine Why: Rewrote to reflect Nutrition team's revised angle (nutrition as supportive alongside conventional treatment), stripped the first article's overly clinical and generic wellness framing, tightened the structure to remove repetition and padding, and applied UK spelling throughout. Removed all em-dashes. The nutrition section is now clearly the differentiating angle rather than a footnote. Claims flagged below. Claims flags: "May help reduce the severity of allergic conditions like hayfever" (omega-3s): linked to a real study, but the hayfever-specific link is indirect. If this goes to Legal/Nutrition for review, flag that the source relates to general inflammatory conditions rather than allergic rhinitis specifically. "May help lower histamine levels" (vitamin C): source provided, but wording should be reviewed against current ASA-compliant claims language before publishing. "May help the immune system gradually adjust to local pollen" (honey): evidence explicitly noted as limited in the copy, which is the correct approach. Leave as is. "May ease allergy symptoms" (probiotics): source provided. Wording is appropriately hedged.
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Screenshot of ChatGPT which says: Accidentally create too much reproducibility Jade's open-science evangelism becomes so effective that, by 2075, every experiment comes with 900 pages of metadata, 14 containers, 3 workflows, and a mandatory emotional-state log. Future PhD students never finish anything because they're still filling in the "ambient room scent" field. Develop a research platform that's too powerful It integrates LIMS, HPC, ELNS, ORCID, coffee machines, and the lab goldfish. Unfortunately, one errant pull request turns the entire system into a passive-aggressive lab manager that "reminds" humanity to pipette more carefully... forever. Advocate open data so intensely that civilisation becomes buried in CSVS Archaeologists in 2300 dig through layers of stratified spreadsheets, discovering ancient datasets like "final_finalLREAL_finalLv2.csv". Introduce a product roadmap that academics actually follow A catastrophic event. Since researchers are unused to predictable timelines, the shock destabilises the global academic ecosystem. Funding bodies begin panicking: "They delivered on time. what does it mean?"
I'm standing against a backdrop of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, University of Oxford wearing a dark grey shirt and my new university lanyard.
An envelope with an ink stamp saying "The Amelia Project"