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Peter Robert Parham FRS is a British immunologist who works at Stanford University. His research has included investigating the genetic origin of elements of the human immune system, some of which he has traced to Neanderthals.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]His undergraduate degree was natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, followed by a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at Harvard University under Professor Jack Strominger. He worked for a year at Oxford University's Department of Genetics, and at Harvard, before joining Stanford in 1980.[3]
Writer and editor
[edit]He wrote the textbook The Immune System.
His 2005 paper "MHC class I molecules and KIRs in human history, health and survival" has been described as "highly cited" and at a "fast moving front" of research in immunology.[4]
He has served on the editorial boards of various journals, including as a subject editor for Open Biology and as Editor-in-Chief for Immunological Reviews.[5] [3]
Honors
[edit]He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2008.
References
[edit]- ^ Pulu, Tibi (Aug 26, 2011). "Human mating with Neanderthals made our immune system stronger". ZME Science. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ Tuttle, Russell Howard. "Neanderthal". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Peter Parham". Parham Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Fast Moving Fronts : Peter Parham". Science Watch. March 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Open Biology". Royal Society Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2014.