Richard Perham
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| Born | Richard Nelson Perham 27 April 1937 |
| Died | 14 February 2015 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | St John's College, Cambridge; Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
| Doctoral students | Nigel Scrutton[1] |
| Website | www |
Richard Nelson Perham, FRS, FMedSci, FRSA (27 April 1937 – 14 February 2015), was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge 2004–07.[2][3] He was also editor-in-chief of FEBS Journal (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) from 1998 to 2013.[4][5]
Education
[edit | edit source]Perham attended Latymer Upper School, then St John's College, Cambridge, where he completed his MA (Cantab), PhD and ScD.[6] Perham then went on to become a MRC scholar at Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), also at Cambridge.[2][7]
Research and career
[edit | edit source]Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies.[8][9]
Societies
[edit | edit source]Perham was a member of the following organisations and societies:[2]
- 1965 Biochemical Society member
- 1983 EMBO Member
- 1986 Royal Institution for Great Britain member
- 1992 Academia Europaea member
Awards and fellowships
[edit | edit source]His awards include:[2]
- 1971 (EMBO) fellowship Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung), Heidelberg
- 1984 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[10]
- 1988 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
- 1993 Max Planck Research Prize
- 1998 Novartis Medal and Prize of the Biochemical Society
- 2000 Silver Medal of the Italian Biochemical Society
- 2005 Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- 2008 Edman Prize International Association of Protein Structure and Proteomics (IAPSAP)
- 2011 Diplôme d'Honneur of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Selected bibliography
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Personal life
[edit | edit source]Perham was married to Canadian cell biologist Nancy Lane Perham, and they had two children together.[6]
References
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- ^ Profile: Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci The Academy of Medical Sciences
- ^ Profile: Richard Nelson Perham Debretts
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- ^ Berry, Alan; Radford, Sheena E. (2018). "Richard Nelson Perham. 27 April 1937–14 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2018.0004
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- 1937 births
- 2015 deaths
- Biologists at the University of Cambridge
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- English molecular biologists
- Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Masters of St John's College, Cambridge
- Members of Academia Europaea
- People educated at Latymer Upper School
- British biologist stubs
