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]
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Perham attended Latymer Upper School, then St John’s College, Cambridge, where he completed his MA (Cantab), PhD and ScD.[7] Perham then went on to become a MRC scholar at Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), also at Cambridge.[3][8]
Perham was known for his contributions to the chemistry of proteins in multimeric assemblies.[9][10]
Professor Perham is a member of the following organisations and societies:[3]
- 1965 Biochemical Society member
- 1983 EMBO Member
- 1986 Royal Institution for Great Britain member
- 1992 Academia Europaea member
Professor Perham’s accolades include:[3]
- 1971 (EMBO) fellowship Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung), Heidelberg
- 1984 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[11]
- 1988 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
- 1993 Max Planck Research Prize
- 1998 Novartis Medal and Prize Biochemical Society
- 2000 Silver Medal 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 Federation of European Biochemical Societies
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