Introducing Myself

Hi everyone, this is officially my first blog EVER! My name is Brandon and I am a third year student studying at the UofA taking Food Sciences. I recently just transferred into this program and already it is very interesting, just as I expected. So far I would say that I am enjoying myself very much in this program.

 Many students who go to school, sometimes worry or wonder about what career they may end up with when they graduate. For myself some of the possible careers with Food Science is obviously becoming a Food Scientist, Food Biochemist or a Food Microbiologist. I am mostly interested with food microbiology and becoming a Food Microbiologist would definitely be a preference.

 As with pretty much all careers, communication plays a huge role in everyday work (unless your job is to stand on a rock by yourself for no reason). Being a Food Microbiologist, some of the duties I would have are performing tests on water or food and trying to detect any harmful microorganisms present. If I were to sample a food a find that there are high amounts of a pathogenic bacteria not deemed safe for human consumption, there would be a huge responsibility for me to communicate to someone about this problem. If I didn't communicate to anyone that the food being shipped out to grocery stores was not safe, it would be my fault if an outbreak occurred. All these issues would arise all because of my negligence to communicate a problem which would lead to an even bigger problem. As it is quite evident communication in my field of study is very important.