Age of Human Genome Knowledge

This lecture was mainly focused on the history and legacy of Howard University in the pursuit of wisdom of the 21st century. The broad question of this lecture was "In what ways is KNOWLEDGE generated by various fields of study used to develop solutions to human social problems and challenges?" It was stated within out knowledge of biology, life and human identity, the substructure of the genome was the main focus point. Our genome holds deeply within itself our human identity and collectively our individual and collective inheritance.

Every individual shares the same genome of being 99.9% the same, while the lastly .1% is responsible for all genetic diversity within these individuals. In 2007 scientists began to respect the fact that genomes differentiate each individual from another and how genomes lead to our self discovery of our culture and our past genealogy of experiences. The NHGC Molecular Genetics Motto is “ We use human genome variation for gene and self-discovery”.

This lecture mainly instituted the pursuit of knowledge of the genome and to make the students of Howard University to explore their genome and that this is the "TIME for RESEARCH" among Howard University students. This lecture also encourages among all African American people to benefit from the "KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY" of the 21st century and for the students of Howard University to participate in the information necessary to continue the vitality of our people. This lecture lastly encourages us to begin researching our genome based on the energy it is made from to figure out who we are, who we were, where we are, and where we came from once we figure out our genome from the past then we can continue to figure out who we are within this century and this life. As stated by T.S. Eliot, "At the end of all our exploring,we shall arrive where we began, and know the place for the first time..."

Jahmonni Long