Tehran Almasi Reflection

Tehran Almasi
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Dr. Georgia Dunston's lecture was on human genomes. To hear that out of all the HBCU's Howard was the only one with a genome center. That fact made me proud to be a student at Howard, but it also made me disappointed at Historically Black universities. She spoke about the fact that everyone's DNA is different even if you are twins. Dr. Dunston went on to talk about how the human chromosomes, determine what type of birth defects the person can acquire. Having a love for science I really enjoyed her lecture. Knowing that DNA is the blueprint for everything, shows how important it is to study it. To try to understand it. I loved how Dr. Dunston referred to Africa as "mother" Africa, because I too believe without a doubt that everything stems from Africa. Especially genetics, its easy to see in my opinion because of the fact that our traits are dominant. Dr. Dunston's lecture was very informative. Without my love for science I would have found it a little boring though. There needed to be more attention grabbers and interesting facts.

Demetrius Gibson's Reflection

Dr. Dunston's lecture dealt with human genomes. Among black universities, Howard University has the only genome center. No two people can have the exact same DNA, even if they are twins. 3 main points Dr. Dunston stated were be on time, be on point, and knowledge is revolution. DNA is the universal code of life. In class Dr. Dunston said alot of people thought the earth was the center, but they soon realized the sun was the center amd the earth revolved around the sun. Dr. Duston discussed that the future is dependent upon how we open it to unfold. As a new generation we hold secrets within ourselves that we have to unlock. In the human the genome is made up of twenty-two autosomal chromosome pairs. The last chromosome is the one that will determine our sex. Right from the very beginning of the lecture she explained that we are all very extraordinary. She stated that we are all very unique and special individuals that hold many gifts and talents that we will use to build the future.

charles harris on dr. Dunston

Charles harris


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After being amazing last week by Dr. Carr’s lecture I was delighted to see that we had another guest speaker. The guest speakers name was Dr. Dunston her credentials she studies science and has a PhD so I was very impressed. The summary of Dr. Dunston lecture was dealing with genomes while also highlighting the ideal of knowledge and the importance of it. She told us that howard university has the only genome center among historically black universities. This fact made me even more proud to attend school at Howard University. The other part of her lecture was having hunger for attaining knowledge she mention names like barrack obama. It really made me want wisdom more and more. Dr dunston also works at Howard university as does Dr. Carr. She talked about the number of chromosomes in the body and the importance of them and having the right amount how that effects things like birth and defects of the body . she talked about DNA and have it’s the life of the body how no two peoples DNA can be the same even if you have twins or family. What I got from the lecture was a lot different from Dr. Carr’s lecture not better or worst just different information I took a lot in about genomes in other science topics and can probly because a pre-med major. Learned that knowledge is power and one must have the drive for knowledge to be successful. I cant wait to hear next weeks speaker because the ones before were simply amazing

Michael Carney Reflection

On the day of September 7, 2010 I knew right away i was going to be late. The night before I had a late night sleep and I really did not want to get up. After reaching classes 5min late I saw a new face. While listening to Dr. Dunston my view changed about many things. I realized my success will begin when I gain wisdom. Wisdom was a huge goal in life and it is  a key aspect today. Dr. Dunston retraced many of her reasoning from Africa. Many others today and also before used wisdom to solve many problems. Deep rooted in Africa history wisdom  solved all problems. 3 main points Dr. Dunston quoted " I am on time"and " I am on Point". Dr. Dunston  stated DNA is the universal code of life. In class Dr. Dunston said many thought the earth was the center and stable. However, they soon realized the sun was the venter amd the earth revolved around the sun. Dr. Dunston quoted the ' Knowledge is Revolution" and 3 major qualities stated were Quality, Volume, and Speed. How good and fast your aquire knowledge. The volume of your knowledege  and the speed your aquire.  Dr. Dunston was a great speaker and I just feel she needed more attention grabbers but overall great teacher .

Arick D. Scott's Reflection

    After hearing Dr. Dunston’s lecture, I was left with a few deep thoughts. I fully understand the concept of genes being the overall coding for life and inheritance. Genes, in general, play a huge part in life. Genes are nucleotides that control the transmission of traits from one cell to another. This is obviously directly related to life. Similar to Dr. Carr, Dr. Dunston refers to Africa as “Mother Africa.” I believe that this is a way of indirectly stating that she too believes that life originates from the continent of Africa. The idea of human inheritance and traits has always amazed me because the traits are usually obvious within the heirs. For example, human babies tend to have features that favor one of their parents or evenly favor both. When someone says that a baby looks just like their parents, they are referring to the general traits of the individual. So, in a way, one could say that the presence of similarities from one being to another is simply a reflection of inherited genes, the coding of natural life. Amongst the deep thoughts, that I began to conjure after the lecture, were a few lingering questions that stood out. Where do genes start? For example, if life originated from prokaryotic cells, then how did cells develop so many chromosomes to pass on traits from one cell to another? Did evolution simply take place and features simply arose from mere inexistence to existence? Did features such as; facial features, height, and complexion originate from thin air or were there actually single cells with the genetic encoding for such features to be passed down even though thus cell didn’t represent the physical features itself? Besides these few thoughts, I feel as though I learned something new and exciting from Dr. Dunston.