# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-sykes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:05:36.521Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-sykes"
name: "Richard Sykes"
slug: "richard-sykes"
description: "Sir Richard Brook Sykes is a British microbiologist, the chair of the Royal Institution, the UK Stem Cell Foundation, and the trustees at King Edward VII's Hospital, and chancellor of Brunel University. As of June 2021, he is chair of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, where he is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, including preparations for booster programmes and encouraging vaccine innovation in the UK."
tagline: "Biochemist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1942-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.18867924528302
  historical:           7.878366666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "理查德·布鲁克·赛克斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد سايكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد سايكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ریچارد سیکز (بیوشیمیست)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sykes_(Biochemiker)"
    title: "Richard Sykes (Biochemiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sykes_(microbiologist)"
    title: "Richard Sykes (microbiologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sykes_(bioqu%C3%ADmico)"
    title: "Richard Sykes (bioquímico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ռիչարդ Սայքս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сайкс, Ричард"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump