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
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
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsSt John's College, Cambridge; Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Doctoral studentsNigel Scrutton[1]
Websitewww.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/richardperham

Education

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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

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Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies.[8][9]

Societies

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Perham was a member of the following organisations and societies:[2]

Awards and fellowships

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His awards include:[2]

Selected bibliography

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  • 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

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Perham was married to Canadian cell biologist Nancy Lane Perham, and they had two children together.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Scrutton, Nigel Shaun (1988). Mechanistic and structural studies on glutathione reductase by protein engineering (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 557267794.
  2. ^ a b c d "Richard Nelson PERHAM – Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Fellow – Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ^ Profile: Professor Richard Perham FRS FMedSci The Academy of Medical Sciences
  5. ^ Profile: Richard Nelson Perham Debretts
  6. ^ a b "Professor Richard Nelson Perham ScD FRS FMedSci, 1937–2015 | StJohns". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Professor Richard Perham 1937–2015". joh.cam.ac.uk. 16 February 2015.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Parham, Peter (December 2013). "Editorial - R. N. Perham at the helm: 1998–2013". The FEBS Journal. 280 (24): 6279. doi:10.1111/febs.12585.
  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 Master of St John's College, Cambridge
2004–2007
Succeeded by