Richard Perham

Richard Nelson Perham, FRS, FMedSci, FRSA (27 April 1937 – 14 February 2015),[2] was an English Professor of molecular biology, and Master of St John's College, Cambridge 2004–07.[3][4] He was also editor-in-chief of FEBS Journal (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) from 1998 to 2013.[5][6] [7][8]

Richard Perham

Born
Richard Nelson Perham

(1937-04-27)27 April 1937
Died14 February 2015(2015-02-14) (aged 77)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology
InstitutionsSt John's College, Cambridge, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University
Doctoral studentsNigel Scrutton[1]
Websitewww.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/richardperham

Education

Perham attended Latymer Upper School, then St John's College, Cambridge, where he completed his MA (Cantab), PhD and ScD. Perham then went on to become a MRC scholar at Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), also at Cambridge.[3][9]

Research and career

Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies.

Societies

Professor Perham is a member of the following organisations and societies:[3]

Awards and fellowships

Professor Perham's accolades include:[3]

Selected bibliography

  • Perham, Richard N (1975). Instrumentation in amino acid sequence analysis. London New York: Academic Press. ISBN 9780125512503.
  • 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 9783000102295.
  • Perham, Richard N; Baumeister, Wolfgang; Johnson, Louise; Steven, Alasdair (1975). Instrumentation in amino acid sequence analysis. London New York: Academic Press. ISBN 9780125512503.

References

  1. Scrutton, Nigel Shaun (1988). Mechanistic and structural studies on glutathione reductase by protein engineering (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 557267794.
  2. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2014. Prof Richard Perham, Master of St John's College, Cambridge, 2004–07, 75
  3. "Richard Nelson PERHAM - Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. "Fellow - Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. 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.
  6. Parham, Peter (December 2013). "Editorial - R. N. Perham at the helm: 1998–2013". The FEBS Journal. 280 (24): 6279. doi:10.1111/febs.12585.
  7. Profile: Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci The Academy of Medical Sciences
  8. Profile: Richard Nelson Perham Debretts
  9. "Professor Richard Perham 1937-2015". joh.cam.ac.uk. 16 February 2015.
  10. 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
Academic offices
Preceded by
Peter Goddard
Master of St John's College, Cambridge
20042007
Succeeded by
Chris Dobson


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