The Newton Abraham Visiting Professorship in association with Lincoln College
\nThe Newton Abraham Visiting Professorship is an exciting opportunity for a highly distinguished
\nresearcher working in the medical, biological or chemical sciences or a related interdisciplinary
\narea to spend up to 12 months in Oxford. In addition to following a programme of collaborative
\nresearch, the Professor\u2019s role involves stimulating interest in and research within her or his field,
\nand engagement with the wider research community at Oxford and beyond, including delivery of
\nthe prestigious Newton Abraham Lecture. The Professor receives a salary of \u00a365,967 per
\nannum (at current rates) plus personal travel expenses, and will be provided with family
\naccommodation, free of rent and local taxes. The Visiting Professor will be a Professorial Fellow
\nof Lincoln College, Oxford.<\/p>\n
A Brief History of the Professorship<\/p>\n
The noted biochemist Sir Edward Penley Abraham worked in
\nthe Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford, where, with Ernest Chain and Howard Florey, he investigated the therapeutic potential of penicillin and played an important role in purifying it and decoding its chemical structure. E.P. Abraham subsequently worked with Guy Newton in the
\ndiscovery of the antibiotic cephalosporin. The patent income from the antibiotic enabled the establishment of several charitable trusts for the support of biomedical research,including the E.P. Abraham Research Fund. The Newton Abraham Visiting Professorship was established in 1980, with a donation from the E.P. Abraham Research Fund.<\/p>\n