Richard Perham
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]
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 |
Education edit
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
Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies.[8][9]
Societies edit
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
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 edit
- Perham, Richard N (1975). Instrumentation in amino acid sequence analysis. London New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-551250-3.
- Perham, Richard N; Chapman, Stephen; Scrutton, Nigel (2002). Flavins and flavoproteins 2002: proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium, St. John's College, University of Cambridge, UK, July 14–18, 2002. Berlin: Rudolf Weber, Agency for Scientific Publications. ISBN 978-3-00-010229-5.
- Perham, Richard N; Baumeister, Wolfgang; Johnson, Louise; Steven, Alasdair (1975). Instrumentation in amino acid sequence analysis. London New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-551250-3.
Personal life edit
Perham was married to Canadian cell biologist Nancy Lane Perham, and they had two children together.[6]
References edit
- ^ Scrutton, Nigel Shaun (1988). Mechanistic and structural studies on glutathione reductase by protein engineering (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 557267794.
- ^ a b c d "Richard Nelson PERHAM – Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Fellow – Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ Profile: Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci The Academy of Medical Sciences
- ^ Profile: Richard Nelson Perham Debretts
- ^ a b "Professor Richard Nelson Perham ScD FRS FMedSci, 1937–2015 | StJohns". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Professor Richard Perham 1937–2015". joh.cam.ac.uk. 16 February 2015.
- ^ Martin, Seamus J (January 2014). "Editorial – The FEBS Journal: passing the editorial baton". The FEBS Journal. 281 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1111/febs.12650. hdl:2262/75314. S2CID 83822402.
- ^ Parham, Peter (December 2013). "Editorial - R. N. Perham at the helm: 1998–2013". The FEBS Journal. 280 (24): 6279. doi:10.1111/febs.12585.
- ^ 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