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Professor Smith
Research: The molecular basis to violent adult behavior in North America through DNA isolation in rats.

Teaching Subjects: Brain chemistry, biomedical theories, protein synthesis, and molecular cloning

Education
Ph.D. Candidate – Faculty of Science; Department of Molecular Biology	2008 - Present University of British Columbia – degree expected in May 2012	Vancouver, BC    Dissertation – A neurological analysis of violence in adolescent males. M.Sc. – Cell Biology	2006 - 2008 University of Toronto	Toronto, ON    Thesis—an examination of changes in protein synthesis during development using electrophoresis. B.Sc. – Biology	2002 – 2006 University of Western Ontario

Career
Teaching Assistant	2009 – 2011 University of British Columbia	Vancouver, BC Taught and supervised students during graduate and undergraduate research projects. Students and topics included: - 3rd year Biochemistry Student – Mapping Neural Traces in Human Brain - Graduate Student – Attempted to identify transcriptal human brain processing.

Teaching Assistant	2006 – 2008 University of Toronto	Toronto, ON

Organized and taught courses in introductory laboratory techniques, genetics 101, brain physiology, marked papers and oversaw tutorials for 45, 2nd year microbiology students.

Research
Research interests include the molecular basis to violent adult behavior in North America through DNA isolation in rats. As a Research Assistant in the Department of Microbiology: Participated in a team of three researchers supervised by Dr. M. Kuhns, Department Head, who analyzed DNA of violent rats to infer genetic basis within humans. Used polyacrylamide gel to isolate DNA, examined neural density using Western blots. The analysis demonstrated a correlation exists between genetic predisposition and violence in rats. Wrote detailed 150-page research report for sponsoring agency, Canada Research Council

Works and Publications
Conferences  Swift, J., Kuhns, M. Gene Targeting Challenges: The Precision Debate. Medical Genetics Association, Santa Fe, 2011. Swift, J., Kuhns, M. Violence, Brain Chemistry and Genetics. Human Genome Organization, Vancouver, 2010. Swift, J., Kuhns, M. Brain Chemistry and Science: Link? Science Conference of Canada, Toronto, 2009.