Howdy y'all!
Hello all viewers and fans of the all natural xanthon gum!
NAME:
Tori Hanson
UNIVERSITY:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Class of 2013)
HOMETOWN:
Eau Claire, WI
COURSE OF STUDY:
Major: Bio-Chemistry
Concentration: Pre-Medicine
Minor: Psychology
To start out I would like to say thank you for taking the time to
navigate through my website and I hope you have learned about the
amazing contributions that xanthon gum, more specifically
Xanthomonas campestris has on the food industry and production
throughout the world. I wish you the best of luck with your
research and attributions to this fascinating bacteria.
Well, hello there. Again my name is Tori Hanson and I am a
senior at University
of Wisconsin-La Crosse. My goal after graduation is to
work within the medical field, more specifically within the
pediatrics department as either a pediatrician, physician assistant
or nurse practitioner. However after my undergrad studies are
finished and before furthur studies continue, I plan to devote a
year of my time to the
AmeriCorps
and gain work experience within rural poverty environments while
helping those in need.
Besides continuously engulfing myself in studies and work, I find
enjoyment engaging in multiple types of sports, socializing with
family and friends, and spending time at my cabin. Of course
being from Wisconsin I am a huge football fan, meaning I am one of
those diehard Packers fans. I am not afraid to show off my
outgoing and at times obnoxious "sports frenzy" self, as well as my
inner geek.
In regards to this website, it was an overall great experience and I
found that I thoroughly enjoyed the creativeness and technical
emphasis it enforced. The purpose of this website was for my
BIO 203 (Organismal Biology) class' project assigned to us.
The basis of the project was to find an organism involved in this
year's theme, which was food organisms. I found immediate
interest in xanthan gum and its corresponding organism,
Xanthomonas campestris. With the newly popular eating
habit of eliminating gluten from one's diet, xanthan gum became a
very common replacement. This food additive became very
popular within my immediate family because of my sister's decision
to follow the gluten-free diet with her family, which is why it was
a perfect fit for me corresponding to this project.
If you have any further questions or requests please feel free to
contact me via email at:
hanson.tori@uwlax.edu
Also please make sure to check out the main webpage of this whole
project created and maintained by my professors Dr. Tom Volk and Dr.
Greg Sandland. There you can find multiple organisms related
to this theme, as well as other themes from previous years. So
please visit
Multiple
Organisms.
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