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Nancy Lane Perham
Born1936
Canada
Awardsfellow of Girton College, Cambridge, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctorate
Academic background
Alma mater University of Oxford, Dalhousie University, Lady Margaret Hall
Thesis
  • A cytological study of secretory processes in gastropods, with special reference to the problem of neurosecretion (1963)
Academic work
Institutions University of Cambridge

Nancy Lane Perham OBE FSB FRSA FRMS (born 1936) is a Canadian cell biologist and artist ,and is a full professor at the University of Cambridge, specialising in cell-to-cell interactions.

Early life and education

Lane Perham was born in 1936, and is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was educated at Queen Elizabeth High School, where she was advised that women could not be scientists, only lab technicians. [1] She undertook her undergraduate degree and a Masters of Science at Dalhousie University. [2] Professor Dixie Pelluet, a lecturer in invertebrate zoology and genetics, was an important and supportive role model for Lane. After she graduated, Lane Perham was awarded the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire scholarship, and won the Governor General's Gold Medal, which allowed her to undertake her doctoral study at Oxford University. [1] Lane Perham completed her PhD titled A cytological study of secretory processes in gastropods, with special reference to the problem of neurosecretion at Oxford in 1963. [3]

Academic career

After postdoctoral positions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Yale University, Lane Perham joined the faculty of the University of Cambridge in 1968, rising to full professor. [4] She has been described as a "brilliant microscopist". [5] Her research focuses on cell-to-cell interactions, such as gap junctions and tight junctions, especially in invertebrates. [1] Besides studying cell structures and interactions, Lane Perham also paints them. Some of her works have appeared on journal covers and some were selected by David Hockney to appear in the Royal Academy of Art's 1995 Summer Exhibition. [1]

Lane Perham is an advocate for women in science. She was asked by the Prime Minister, John Major, to chair the Working Party on Women in SET after William Waldegrave's 1993 White Paper on the British science system, Realizing Our Potential, had devoted one whole paragraph to women, but noted that they were the single most undervalued human resource in Britain. [6] The working party produced the 1993 report The Rising Tide. [1] [7] Lane Perham co-founded the Athena Project, and was founder of WiSETI, a Cambridge initiative to advance women in science, technology and engineering. [1] [7]

Personal life

Lane Perham was married to biochemist Richard Nelson Perham, Master of St John's College, until his death in 2015. They had two children together. [5] [2]

Honours and awards

Lane Perham is a Life Fellow of Girton College at Cambridge. [2] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1994 for services to science. [8]

Lane Perham has honorary doctorates from six universities, including from the University of Surrey in 2005. [4] [9] She was inducted into the Nova Scotia Science Hall of Fame in 2006. [10]

Selected works

Scholia has a profile for Nancy Lane Perham (Q124427630).
  • Lane NJ (1 January 1979). "Freeze-fracture and tracer studies on the intercellular junctions of insect rectal tissues". Tissue and Cell. 11 (3): 481–506. doi: 10.1016/0040-8166(79)90058-2. ISSN  0040-8166. PMID  494238. Wikidata  Q42440068.
  • Nancy Lane Perham (1 December 1963). "Microvilli on the external surfaces of gastropod tentacles and body-walls". Journal of Cell Science. S3-104 (68): 495–504. doi: 10.1242/JCS.S3-104.68.495. ISSN  0021-9533. Wikidata  Q123359166.
  • Nancy Lane Perham; Yvonne Carter; Michael Ashburner (1 September 1972). "Puffs and salivary gland function: The fine structure of the larval and prepupal salivary glands ofDrosophila melanogaster". Wilhelm Roux' Archiv fur Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen. 169 (3): 216–238. doi: 10.1007/BF00582554. ISSN  0043-5546. PMID  28304626. Wikidata  Q89557138.
  • Lucia Manni; Nancy J Lane; Jean-Stéphane Joly; Fabio Gasparini; Stefano Tiozzo; Federico Caicci; Giovanna Zaniolo; Paolo Burighel (1 September 2004). "Neurogenic and non-neurogenic placodes in ascidians". Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 302 (5): 483–504. doi: 10.1002/JEZ.B.21013. ISSN  1552-5007. PMID  15384166. Wikidata  Q42468056.
  • N. J. Lane (1 January 1969). "Intranuclear fibrillar bodies in actinomycin D-treated oocytes". Journal of Cell Biology. 40 (1): 286–291. doi: 10.1083/JCB.40.1.286. ISSN  0021-9525. PMC  2107599. PMID  5812427. Wikidata  Q36190226.
  • N. J. Lane (1 November 1967). "Spheroidal and ring nucleoli in amphibian oocytes. Patterns of uridine incorporation and fine structural features". Journal of Cell Biology. 35 (2): 421–434. doi: 10.1083/JCB.35.2.421. ISSN  0021-9525. PMC  2107143. PMID  6055993. Wikidata  Q36188619.
  • Lucia Manni; Nancy J Lane; Jean-Stéphane Joly; Fabio Gasparini; Stefano Tiozzo; Federico Caicci; Giovanna Zaniolo; Paolo Burighel (1 September 2004). "Neurogenic and non-neurogenic placodes in ascidians". Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 302 (5): 483–504. doi: 10.1002/JEZ.B.21013. ISSN  1552-5007. PMID  15384166. Wikidata  Q42468056.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Nancy Jane Lane (MSc'60): Opening the Lab Door - Alumni - Dalhousie University". Dalhousie Alumni. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Collection: Papers of Nancy Lane | ArchiveSearch". archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ Lane, Nancy Jane (1963). A Cytological study of secretory processes in gastropods, with special reference to the problem of neurosecretion (PhD thesis).
  4. ^ a b "Dr Nancy Lane Perham | Girton College". www.girton.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b Berry, Alan; Radford, Sheena E. (December 2018). "Richard Nelson Perham. 27 April 1937—14 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 65: 317–339. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.2018.0004. ISSN  0080-4606.
  6. ^ Lane, Nancy (1997). "Women in Science, Engineering and Technology: The Rising Tide Report and Beyond". In Maynard, Mary (ed.). Science and the construction of women (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN  978-0-415-53401-7.
  7. ^ a b Roberts, Stuart (14 October 2019). "The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Page 13 | Supplement 53696, 10 June 1994 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Honorary Degrees of the University of Surrey: 1991 - 2005". Roehampton University. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Recipients - Discovery Awards". 14 October 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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