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Harold Smith was born on 5 February, 1954 in Münich, Germany, is an A hiv/aids researcher. Discover Harold Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 5 February 1954
Birthday 5 February
Birthplace Münich, Germany
Nationality United States

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1954

Harold C. Smith Jr. (born February 5, 1954) is an American scientist, researcher, professor, founder and CEO of OyaGen.

Smith has written over 100 publications on his research in RNA editing, AIDS, oncology, and immunodeficiency, among others.

Harold Smith was born in Germany to an Austrian mother and American father who was stationed in Austria with the military at the end of World War II.

In 6th grade, Smith and his family moved from Frankfurt, Germany to Massachusetts where he completed his high school education.

1975

Smith received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1975 and his Master of Science in Veterinary Pharmacology and Physiology in 1978 at Purdue University.

1980

He then went to the State University at Buffalo where he obtained his Masters of Arts in Molecular Biology in 1980 and his PhD in Molecular Biology in 1982.

He carried out postdoctoral studies at SUNY Buffalo and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

1986

After completing his postdoctoral position with Dr. Susan Berget at Baylor College of Medicine in Biochemistry in 1986, Smith became an assistant professor at the University of Rochester.

1991

Between 1991-1994, Smith discovered the molecular mechanism by which proteins recognize messenger RNA and participate in site-specific assembly of enzyme complexes to orchestrate the modification of select cytidines to uridines in a process known as C to U RNA Editing.

This work has served as the foundation for numerous findings concerning RNA sequence modifying mechanisms and DNA mutating mechanisms that determine cell and protein diversification and was cited for its groundbreaking ideas in an article written by L. Chan for Scientific American.

1992

In 1992, he was given an associate professorship with a limited tenure, which became fully tenured in 1996.

In that time, he was also the director of graduate studies in the Department of Pathology.

1994

In 1994, Smith organized an Albany Research Conference which was the first international meeting focused on RNA editing and in 1997, Smith organized and chaired the first Gordon Conference for RNA Editing.

1997

From 1997-1998 he served as the director of Medical School Biochemistry in Cell Structure and Function, and subsequently as director of Molecules to Cells in the Double Helix Medical School Curriculum.

2001

In 2001, Smith became a full professor.

He received more than $8 million in total funding over the following 12 years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies.

2003

Harold Smith founded OyaGen, Inc. in 2003.

OyaGen is a biopharmaceutical company which develops therapies to fight viral illness through editing enzymes, with a focus on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Founded with a seed fund by the University of Rochester and the Trillium Group, Smith has successfully brought in $6.5 million in Angel investment and $2.1 million in total federal grant support for OyaGen.

2005

In 2005, the company began preclinical trials on a drug that OyaGen believes will protect the body's natural A3G, which functions as an editing enzyme in mutating HIV DNA during its replication in such a way that the virus can no longer code for itself.

2006

The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested in OyaGen in 2006 and again in 2010.

2008

In 2008, he edited a book for Wiley and Sons on RNA and DNA Editing that brought together the next generation of scientists working in the field to comment on their work and the future of the field.

That same year, Smith, through the University of Rochester Medical Center, received a $100 thousand grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to aid in research for curing infectious diseases, such as HIV.

2013

In February 2013, Cannabis Science, Inc. added Smith to its scientific advisory board.

2014

He was added to IGXBio's Scientific Advisory Board in 2014, as well as the Education Board at the American Health Council in August 2016.

He continues as a professor at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, teaching biochemistry and biophysics.

Throughout his academic career, Smith has provided his expertise in reviewing grant proposals for the NIH as well as European and Israeli funding agencies.

Smith met his wife, Jenny, during his sophomore year at Purdue.

They have three children, Owen, Hanna and Sam.