Avery ParkinsoninCellular Agriculture CanadaCellular Agriculture Canada has a new Executive DirectorHi! My name is Avery Parkinson, and I am excited to announce my new position as the Executive Director at Cellular Agriculture Canada (CAC)…2 min read·Aug 3, 2021----
Avery ParkinsonSequencing Antibiotics using BioinformaticsThe human genome is made up of about 3 billion base pairs — the tiny little characters which make up the sentences in the instruction…6 min read·Feb 16, 2021----
Avery ParkinsoninTowards Data ScienceHow to Sequence a Human Genome: A Bioinformatics ApproachThe human genome contains over three billion base pairs. Just to put that into context, if you examined one base pair each second, it…14 min read·Feb 10, 2021--1--1
Avery ParkinsonWhy Food Soverignty is the answer to Food Insecurity in Indigenous CommunitiesIt’s no secret that Canada, like many former European colonies, has a history rife with cultural genocide. Particularly with regards to…8 min read·Nov 6, 2020----
Avery ParkinsonSolving Sudoku Using Quantum ComputingIf you were to name one of the supposed superiorities of quantum computing over classical computing, what might immediately come to mind…8 min read·Oct 12, 2020--1--1
Avery ParkinsonImplementing Simon’s Algorithm in QiskitSimon’s Algorithm was the first demonstration of a quantum computer being able to solve a problem exponentially faster than a classical…5 min read·Oct 8, 2020----
Avery ParkinsonImplementing Grover’s Algorithm in QiskitOne advantage a quantum computer is supposed to have over classical computers is superior searching speeds. For instance, let’s say you…5 min read·Oct 8, 2020----
Avery ParkinsonSimulating a Calculator Using QiskitSo, a couple weeks ago, I got pretty interested in this whole idea of “quantum computing” — a concept which is often described as having…12 min read·Oct 7, 2020----
Avery ParkinsonCoding the Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm in QiskitThe Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm was first proposed by David Deutsch and Richard Jozsa in 1992. It was the first algorithm to demonstrate that…7 min read·Sep 28, 2020----
Avery ParkinsonIntroduction to Plant-based MeatPlant based meat. What may instantly come to mind at these words are things like blocks of tofu and tempeh, canned chickpeas and dried…8 min read·Aug 18, 2020----