Jo Hickman
@kjehickman.bsky.social
PhD candidate at MIT & WHOI; microbial oceanographer; marine mycologist; bioinformatician; policy enthusiast; union organizer
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Jo Hickman
@kjehickman.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Fungi are the future: Realizing the potential of fungi in policy
10.38105/spr.4a66y7fe0m
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org
My latest pub explores a few potential implications that fungi could have in policy! If your interested, here’s a thread 🪡🧵
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...
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Applications are OPEN for the 2026 MSA Award Period! Deadline 1 February 2026. New this year is the "Don Pfister Graduate Fellowship Award", for graduate students requiring work in fungaria. msafungi.org/application-... #MSAfungi #mycology
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Applications are OPEN for the 2026 MSA Award Period! Deadline 1 February 2026. New this year is the "Don Pfister Graduate Fellowship Award", for graduate students requiring work in fungaria. msafungi.org/application-... #MSAfungi #mycology
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Why does the ocean matter? Let me count the ways...💙
We know YOU know... so leave your thoughts in the comments!
To show our appreciation, we're giving away a WHOI membership and free goodies!
👉Enter before midnight on Aug 10: go.whoi.edu/oceanmatters-sweepstakes
#OceanMatters #sweepstakes
We know YOU know... so leave your thoughts in the comments!
To show our appreciation, we're giving away a WHOI membership and free goodies!
👉Enter before midnight on Aug 10: go.whoi.edu/oceanmatters-sweepstakes
#OceanMatters #sweepstakes
July 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Why does the ocean matter? Let me count the ways...💙
We know YOU know... so leave your thoughts in the comments!
To show our appreciation, we're giving away a WHOI membership and free goodies!
👉Enter before midnight on Aug 10: go.whoi.edu/oceanmatters-sweepstakes
#OceanMatters #sweepstakes
We know YOU know... so leave your thoughts in the comments!
To show our appreciation, we're giving away a WHOI membership and free goodies!
👉Enter before midnight on Aug 10: go.whoi.edu/oceanmatters-sweepstakes
#OceanMatters #sweepstakes
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Aquatic fungi deserve a place in conservation & monitoring 🌊🍄
Help shape a better approach—share your expertise and/or needs in the Better Together Survey (10–15 min)!
🔗 forms.office.com/e/UjCrG1L8YV
#biodiversity #aquaticfungi #conservation #monitoring
Help shape a better approach—share your expertise and/or needs in the Better Together Survey (10–15 min)!
🔗 forms.office.com/e/UjCrG1L8YV
#biodiversity #aquaticfungi #conservation #monitoring
June 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Aquatic fungi deserve a place in conservation & monitoring 🌊🍄
Help shape a better approach—share your expertise and/or needs in the Better Together Survey (10–15 min)!
🔗 forms.office.com/e/UjCrG1L8YV
#biodiversity #aquaticfungi #conservation #monitoring
Help shape a better approach—share your expertise and/or needs in the Better Together Survey (10–15 min)!
🔗 forms.office.com/e/UjCrG1L8YV
#biodiversity #aquaticfungi #conservation #monitoring
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The Zahn lab is transitioning into the TIDAL Lab this Fall and moving to the Appl. Sci. Department at William & Mary.
Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026).
RP please!
gzahn.github.io
Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026).
RP please!
gzahn.github.io
March 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Zahn lab is transitioning into the TIDAL Lab this Fall and moving to the Appl. Sci. Department at William & Mary.
Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026).
RP please!
gzahn.github.io
Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026).
RP please!
gzahn.github.io
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We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
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Thank you everyone who came to see my talk at #ASLO yesterday! Been having such an inspiring time hearing, seeing, and talking about amazing aquatic science!
Also Charlotte has been so beautiful this spring! So much fun exploring with @akrinos.bsky.social and @kjehickman.bsky.social!
Also Charlotte has been so beautiful this spring! So much fun exploring with @akrinos.bsky.social and @kjehickman.bsky.social!
March 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thank you everyone who came to see my talk at #ASLO yesterday! Been having such an inspiring time hearing, seeing, and talking about amazing aquatic science!
Also Charlotte has been so beautiful this spring! So much fun exploring with @akrinos.bsky.social and @kjehickman.bsky.social!
Also Charlotte has been so beautiful this spring! So much fun exploring with @akrinos.bsky.social and @kjehickman.bsky.social!
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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
plos.io
February 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
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Custom PhD positions in my team: High-quality motivated candidates are welcome to design their doctorate research topic for a project competition in the University of Tartu, Estonia. Keywords: bioinformatics, biodiversity, fungi, metagenomics, databases, mycorrhiza, DNA-based taxonomy, biogeography
January 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Custom PhD positions in my team: High-quality motivated candidates are welcome to design their doctorate research topic for a project competition in the University of Tartu, Estonia. Keywords: bioinformatics, biodiversity, fungi, metagenomics, databases, mycorrhiza, DNA-based taxonomy, biogeography
“The actions of Trump and his billionaire supporters have already begun to generate popular resistance […] in order to best fight for a better future for working people, we will need to develop a political organization, such as a labor party, that is independent of the Democratic Party.”
Trump’s Government of Billionaires No Good for the Working Class
A Statement of the UE General Executive Board. Read it here: www.ueunion.org/political-ac...
A Statement of the UE General Executive Board. Read it here: www.ueunion.org/political-ac...
Trump’s Government of Billionaires No Good for the Working Class
Since Donald Trump assumed the Presidency on January 20, he has issued a flurry of executive orders which will both directly cut living standards for working people and make it harder for us to organi...
www.ueunion.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“The actions of Trump and his billionaire supporters have already begun to generate popular resistance […] in order to best fight for a better future for working people, we will need to develop a political organization, such as a labor party, that is independent of the Democratic Party.”
Fellows are workers ✊🏼🌊
The WHOI GSU held a rally last month to pressure their employer to include fellows in their contract language. The union has been focused on ensuring that all graduate workers, regardless of their funding source, are treated equally under their employment terms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNh...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute grad worker union rally December 4, 2024
YouTube video by UE
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Fellows are workers ✊🏼🌊
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Great job alert!
ProPublica is hiring a climate reporter. Come join us.
Remote OK.
Salary range: $95K-$170K.
Apply here:
boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
ProPublica is hiring a climate reporter. Come join us.
Remote OK.
Salary range: $95K-$170K.
Apply here:
boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Reporter, Climate
New York, New York, United States
boards.greenhouse.io
December 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Great job alert!
ProPublica is hiring a climate reporter. Come join us.
Remote OK.
Salary range: $95K-$170K.
Apply here:
boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
ProPublica is hiring a climate reporter. Come join us.
Remote OK.
Salary range: $95K-$170K.
Apply here:
boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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RP PLS! Iʻm hiring 3 postdocs at U Hawaiʻi to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4...
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
RP PLS! Iʻm hiring 3 postdocs at U Hawaiʻi to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4...
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The new outline of fungi and fungus-like taxa is out now. Why do we need to do this so often? Because there are so many fungal species and only about 5-10% have descriptions. New genera, families etc are frequently being added to the tree. 🧪 🌍 #fungi #mycosky www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...
www.mycosphere.org
November 23, 2024 at 4:39 AM
The new outline of fungi and fungus-like taxa is out now. Why do we need to do this so often? Because there are so many fungal species and only about 5-10% have descriptions. New genera, families etc are frequently being added to the tree. 🧪 🌍 #fungi #mycosky www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...
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We must mainstream nature. Economy, security, & health depend on nature but current policy development often overlooks nature's critical roles. Siloed approaches are insufficient-integrated policies that consider the interconnections among policy domains are needed www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mainstreaming nature in US federal policy
Integrated policy changes must be cross-sectoral, appropriate, strategic, and evidence-based
www.science.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:18 PM
We must mainstream nature. Economy, security, & health depend on nature but current policy development often overlooks nature's critical roles. Siloed approaches are insufficient-integrated policies that consider the interconnections among policy domains are needed www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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MIT announced that it would eliminate tuition costs next fall for all undergraduate students whose families earn less than $200,000 per year — following a national movement to try to make higher education more accessible. nyti.ms/3V6GVia
November 22, 2024 at 3:58 AM
MIT announced that it would eliminate tuition costs next fall for all undergraduate students whose families earn less than $200,000 per year — following a national movement to try to make higher education more accessible. nyti.ms/3V6GVia
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Good Night New England! - Sunset from Boston Harbor!
November 20, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Good Night New England! - Sunset from Boston Harbor!
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Fully Funded PhD Opportunity in Evolutionary Biology at the U of Rhode Island. Join us to explore the origin and early evolution of eukaryotes using cutting-edge comparative (meta)genomics and molecular evolution approaches. Applications are due December 15th. Contact me ASAP at laura.eme@uri.edu
November 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Fully Funded PhD Opportunity in Evolutionary Biology at the U of Rhode Island. Join us to explore the origin and early evolution of eukaryotes using cutting-edge comparative (meta)genomics and molecular evolution approaches. Applications are due December 15th. Contact me ASAP at laura.eme@uri.edu
My latest pub explores a few potential implications that fungi could have in policy! If your interested, here’s a thread 🪡🧵
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...
Fungi are the future: Realizing the potential of fungi in policy
10.38105/spr.4a66y7fe0m
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org
November 15, 2024 at 6:54 AM
My latest pub explores a few potential implications that fungi could have in policy! If your interested, here’s a thread 🪡🧵
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...
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Happy to share a fun and hopefully useful paper written with my former student, @kjehickman.bsky.social with advice for running a successful undergraduate research lab!
Please share with PUI folks and anyone who has undergrads in their lab.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Please share with PUI folks and anyone who has undergrads in their lab.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for leading a successful undergraduate-intensive research lab
Participating in mentored research is an enormous benefit to undergraduate students. These immersive experiences can dramatically improve retention and completion rates, especially for students from t...
journals.plos.org
April 12, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Happy to share a fun and hopefully useful paper written with my former student, @kjehickman.bsky.social with advice for running a successful undergraduate research lab!
Please share with PUI folks and anyone who has undergrads in their lab.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Please share with PUI folks and anyone who has undergrads in their lab.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Newly discovered deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic
Plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health of coasts and oceans. One well-known problem is plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.
phys.org/news/2023-09...
Plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health of coasts and oceans. One well-known problem is plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.
phys.org/news/2023-09...
Newly discovered deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic
Plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health of coasts and oceans. One well-known problem is plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.
phys.org
November 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Newly discovered deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic
Plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health of coasts and oceans. One well-known problem is plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.
phys.org/news/2023-09...
Plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health of coasts and oceans. One well-known problem is plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.
phys.org/news/2023-09...
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US GO-SHIP is looking for students and early career scientists/technicians to participate in a 2024 hydrographic expedition; a re-occupation the 95E meridional line in the southeastern sector of the Southern Ocean aboard the R/V Thomas Thomspon.
usgoship.ucsd.edu/2023/10/07/u...
usgoship.ucsd.edu/2023/10/07/u...
October 13, 2023 at 12:18 AM
US GO-SHIP is looking for students and early career scientists/technicians to participate in a 2024 hydrographic expedition; a re-occupation the 95E meridional line in the southeastern sector of the Southern Ocean aboard the R/V Thomas Thomspon.
usgoship.ucsd.edu/2023/10/07/u...
usgoship.ucsd.edu/2023/10/07/u...
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🤯 Supposedly running ONT flow cells in the dark drastically increases output.
September 24, 2023 at 7:13 PM
🤯 Supposedly running ONT flow cells in the dark drastically increases output.