St Catharine's College
@stcatharines.bsky.social
Founded in 1473 and known as ‘Catz’, we’re a welcoming, thriving & vibrant community in the heart of Cambridge. A College of @cam.ac.uk.
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I can't do a poll, but I can make an executive decision, so🥁🥁🥁
I'll be starting my EIGHTH #SlowShakespeare daily blog on 1 January: #MoonMad aka Midsummer Night's Dream. Because we could all do with some laughs & a bit more fairy-dust right now...
(Gwendoline Christie as Titania at the Bridge, 2019)
I'll be starting my EIGHTH #SlowShakespeare daily blog on 1 January: #MoonMad aka Midsummer Night's Dream. Because we could all do with some laughs & a bit more fairy-dust right now...
(Gwendoline Christie as Titania at the Bridge, 2019)
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I can't do a poll, but I can make an executive decision, so🥁🥁🥁
I'll be starting my EIGHTH #SlowShakespeare daily blog on 1 January: #MoonMad aka Midsummer Night's Dream. Because we could all do with some laughs & a bit more fairy-dust right now...
(Gwendoline Christie as Titania at the Bridge, 2019)
I'll be starting my EIGHTH #SlowShakespeare daily blog on 1 January: #MoonMad aka Midsummer Night's Dream. Because we could all do with some laughs & a bit more fairy-dust right now...
(Gwendoline Christie as Titania at the Bridge, 2019)
Our end-of-term sports round-up is serving up a festive treat with a generous portion of #rowing updates from Trial VIIIs, the Christmas Head, the Fairbairn Cup and Clare Novices, followed by running, hockey, football and powerlifting reports. Read more: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @cam.ac.uk
Sports highlights: End of Michaelmas Term
The following highlights from various sports clubs and teams were compiled from recent reports. If any captains or team members have a result that you'd like to feature in the next round-up, please contact comms@caths.cam.ac.uk.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our end-of-term sports round-up is serving up a festive treat with a generous portion of #rowing updates from Trial VIIIs, the Christmas Head, the Fairbairn Cup and Clare Novices, followed by running, hockey, football and powerlifting reports. Read more: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @cam.ac.uk
It was wonderful to welcome Catz alumni to our London Christmas Drinks Reception at the Athenaeum Club on Friday 12 December. It was lovely to see alumni enjoying an opportunity to chat and celebrate together. See our schedule for next year's events: caths.cam.ac.uk/alum...
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It was wonderful to welcome Catz alumni to our London Christmas Drinks Reception at the Athenaeum Club on Friday 12 December. It was lovely to see alumni enjoying an opportunity to chat and celebrate together. See our schedule for next year's events: caths.cam.ac.uk/alum...
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear” 🎶 Our Girls’ Choir sang beautifully in Main Court at last night’s open-air Luminaria event with an audience from across Cambridge & beyond, followed by singing in Chapel as a treat for their families & the Catz community. 1/2
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear” 🎶 Our Girls’ Choir sang beautifully in Main Court at last night’s open-air Luminaria event with an audience from across Cambridge & beyond, followed by singing in Chapel as a treat for their families & the Catz community. 1/2
With support from Catz and others, Paula Teeuwen (a Chemistry PhD student) has skated on ice and dry land throughout her time at @cam.ac.uk. She is now leading the revival and merger of student societies for ice skating & roller skating. Read our new interview:
Postgraduate revives student skating scene
A St Catharine’s student with a passion for skating has been pivotal in the development of a new Cambridge University Ice and Roller Skating Club (CUIRSC). Paula Teeuwen (a Chemistry PhD student and former Secretary of the College’s MCR) has skated throughout her time at St Catharine’s and is now leading the revival and merger of previously inactive societies for ice skating and roller skating under the CUIRSC banner.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
With support from Catz and others, Paula Teeuwen (a Chemistry PhD student) has skated on ice and dry land throughout her time at @cam.ac.uk. She is now leading the revival and merger of student societies for ice skating & roller skating. Read our new interview:
Alumni in new acting projects:
🎞️ @theianmckellen.bsky.social (1958, English; Hon Fellow 1982) has a video cameo in Wicked Witches
🎞️ Rebecca Hall (2000, English) is in Peter Hujar's Day, #EllaMcCay & The Beauty
🎞️ Xelia Mendes-Jones (2015, ASNC) returns as Dane in #Fallout (📸: @PrimeVideo)
🎞️ @theianmckellen.bsky.social (1958, English; Hon Fellow 1982) has a video cameo in Wicked Witches
🎞️ Rebecca Hall (2000, English) is in Peter Hujar's Day, #EllaMcCay & The Beauty
🎞️ Xelia Mendes-Jones (2015, ASNC) returns as Dane in #Fallout (📸: @PrimeVideo)
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Alumni in new acting projects:
🎞️ @theianmckellen.bsky.social (1958, English; Hon Fellow 1982) has a video cameo in Wicked Witches
🎞️ Rebecca Hall (2000, English) is in Peter Hujar's Day, #EllaMcCay & The Beauty
🎞️ Xelia Mendes-Jones (2015, ASNC) returns as Dane in #Fallout (📸: @PrimeVideo)
🎞️ @theianmckellen.bsky.social (1958, English; Hon Fellow 1982) has a video cameo in Wicked Witches
🎞️ Rebecca Hall (2000, English) is in Peter Hujar's Day, #EllaMcCay & The Beauty
🎞️ Xelia Mendes-Jones (2015, ASNC) returns as Dane in #Fallout (📸: @PrimeVideo)
Chanukah Sameach to everyone who is celebrating the Jewish festival of lights over the next 8 days & nights. Jewish Chaplains Netanya & Yekutiel are organising a Chanukah party for @cam.ac.uk students remaining in the city. See instagram.com/cambridge_jewish_chaplaincy for further details very soon
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Chanukah Sameach to everyone who is celebrating the Jewish festival of lights over the next 8 days & nights. Jewish Chaplains Netanya & Yekutiel are organising a Chanukah party for @cam.ac.uk students remaining in the city. See instagram.com/cambridge_jewish_chaplaincy for further details very soon
We'll be tuning in later in December to watch Honorary Fellow Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock (2024) deliver the @rigb.org Christmas Lectures which celebrate their 200th anniversary this year. Read our article about her lectures at www.caths.cam.ac.uk/.... Watch online at www.bbc.co.uk/progra...
December 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We'll be tuning in later in December to watch Honorary Fellow Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock (2024) deliver the @rigb.org Christmas Lectures which celebrate their 200th anniversary this year. Read our article about her lectures at www.caths.cam.ac.uk/.... Watch online at www.bbc.co.uk/progra...
Apply by 7 Jan to join our Malaysian & Malay World Studies community:
- Tunku Scholarship for Malaysian PhD/MPhil students: caths.cam.ac.uk/tunk...
- Philip Bowring Scholarship for any postgrads studying history/geography/culture of Malay World: caths.cam.ac.uk/bowring
@lianachua.bsky.social 1/2
- Tunku Scholarship for Malaysian PhD/MPhil students: caths.cam.ac.uk/tunk...
- Philip Bowring Scholarship for any postgrads studying history/geography/culture of Malay World: caths.cam.ac.uk/bowring
@lianachua.bsky.social 1/2
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Apply by 7 Jan to join our Malaysian & Malay World Studies community:
- Tunku Scholarship for Malaysian PhD/MPhil students: caths.cam.ac.uk/tunk...
- Philip Bowring Scholarship for any postgrads studying history/geography/culture of Malay World: caths.cam.ac.uk/bowring
@lianachua.bsky.social 1/2
- Tunku Scholarship for Malaysian PhD/MPhil students: caths.cam.ac.uk/tunk...
- Philip Bowring Scholarship for any postgrads studying history/geography/culture of Malay World: caths.cam.ac.uk/bowring
@lianachua.bsky.social 1/2
Congratulations to @janhuemar.bsky.social (JRF at Catz since 2023) who is part of an international team of scientists responsible for a long-awaited visualisation of liquid droplets forming inside a cell known as condensates, key for processes such as DNA repair: caths.cam.ac.uk/cond... @cam.ac.uk
Visualising the creation of biomolecular condensates
A Junior Research Fellow at St Catharine's is part of an international team of scientists responsible for a long-awaited visualisation of liquid droplets forming inside a cell nucleus known as condensates, which help regulate essential processes such as gene expression, DNA repair and stress responses.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Congratulations to @janhuemar.bsky.social (JRF at Catz since 2023) who is part of an international team of scientists responsible for a long-awaited visualisation of liquid droplets forming inside a cell known as condensates, key for processes such as DNA repair: caths.cam.ac.uk/cond... @cam.ac.uk
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SO. Shall I start another #SlowShakespeare blog in the new year?? the daily writing itch needs scratching, it turns out. It could be #MoonMad? #InArden? or whatever?? thoughts? interest??
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
SO. Shall I start another #SlowShakespeare blog in the new year?? the daily writing itch needs scratching, it turns out. It could be #MoonMad? #InArden? or whatever?? thoughts? interest??
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Brian Huntly and I are looking to recruit a postdoc to investigate a promising novel therapeutic target in B-ALL @scicambridge.bsky.social. This new CRUK-funded project will involve collaboration with Prof Sir Steve Jackson's group @cruk-ci.bsky.social and the CRUK Functional Genomics centre.
Research Associate (Huntly Lab - Fixed Term)
We are seeking a postdoctoral Research Associate to work on an exciting new multi-disciplinary project studying B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL). The project is a collaboration between Dr
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November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Brian Huntly and I are looking to recruit a postdoc to investigate a promising novel therapeutic target in B-ALL @scicambridge.bsky.social. This new CRUK-funded project will involve collaboration with Prof Sir Steve Jackson's group @cruk-ci.bsky.social and the CRUK Functional Genomics centre.
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More guidance from some of our current law students in case you're coming for interview at @cam.ac.uk in the next week or so - we're looking forward to meeting you!:
🎞️https://www.tiktok.com/@kaimadoeslaw/video/7582249602934590723
🎞️https://www.tiktok.com/@kaimadoeslaw/video/7582249602934590723
Cambridge Law interview tips. Congratulations to anyone who has received an interview offer! We’re rooting for you :) #ucas #cambridgeuniversity #law #interview #oxbridge
TikTok video by K ⚖️💕
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December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
More guidance from some of our current law students in case you're coming for interview at @cam.ac.uk in the next week or so - we're looking forward to meeting you!:
🎞️https://www.tiktok.com/@kaimadoeslaw/video/7582249602934590723
🎞️https://www.tiktok.com/@kaimadoeslaw/video/7582249602934590723
Our latest article celebrates some of our alumni and Fellows writing to inform and entertain children and young adults, including books written by joannechocolat.bsky.social, labliston.bsky.social and many others! Read more: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/writing-for-...
Writing for children and young adults
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December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Our latest article celebrates some of our alumni and Fellows writing to inform and entertain children and young adults, including books written by joannechocolat.bsky.social, labliston.bsky.social and many others! Read more: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/writing-for-...
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Our @isaacphysics.org learning platform – used by more than 3,000 schools across the UK each year – this week saw its 200 millionth question attempted by a student 🎒🏫🧑🏫
Find out what the 200 millionth question was 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
Find out what the 200 millionth question was 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
200 millionth question attempted on University of Cambridge's Isaac Science learning platform
Milestone moment as learning programme continues to support UK schools amid national shortage of specialist physics teachers
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December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Our @isaacphysics.org learning platform – used by more than 3,000 schools across the UK each year – this week saw its 200 millionth question attempted by a student 🎒🏫🧑🏫
Find out what the 200 millionth question was 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
Find out what the 200 millionth question was 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
Catz is one of only seven Cambridge Colleges accessing free beginners music lessons through @cam.ac.uk Centre for Music Performance. Our purpose-built music room is used for the Centre's violin & flute lessons. We caught up with two of our students who have benefited so far: caths.cam.ac.uk/musi...
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Catz is one of only seven Cambridge Colleges accessing free beginners music lessons through @cam.ac.uk Centre for Music Performance. Our purpose-built music room is used for the Centre's violin & flute lessons. We caught up with two of our students who have benefited so far: caths.cam.ac.uk/musi...
Alumni on the airwaves:
🎧 @chinemcdonald.bsky.social (2002, Theology & Rel Studies) on Today programme: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @atjcagan.bsky.social (2006, Archy & Anth) on #CuriousCases: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @elliechan.bsky.social (2009, English) on BBC Radio 3: bbc.co.uk/programmes...
🎧 @chinemcdonald.bsky.social (2002, Theology & Rel Studies) on Today programme: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @atjcagan.bsky.social (2006, Archy & Anth) on #CuriousCases: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @elliechan.bsky.social (2009, English) on BBC Radio 3: bbc.co.uk/programmes...
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Alumni on the airwaves:
🎧 @chinemcdonald.bsky.social (2002, Theology & Rel Studies) on Today programme: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @atjcagan.bsky.social (2006, Archy & Anth) on #CuriousCases: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @elliechan.bsky.social (2009, English) on BBC Radio 3: bbc.co.uk/programmes...
🎧 @chinemcdonald.bsky.social (2002, Theology & Rel Studies) on Today programme: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @atjcagan.bsky.social (2006, Archy & Anth) on #CuriousCases: bbc.co.uk/sounds/pla...
🎧 @elliechan.bsky.social (2009, English) on BBC Radio 3: bbc.co.uk/programmes...
Catz Fellow Prof. Adrian Liston (2023) & colleagues have uncovered major differences in one type of white blood cell in people living with #Alzheimers disease – new evidence about how this disease progresses & could be treated:
www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @labliston.bsky.social @campathology.bsky.social
www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @labliston.bsky.social @campathology.bsky.social
AI uncovers immune defect in Alzheimer’s disease
An international team of scientists led by a St Catharine’s Fellow has successfully harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover a defect in the immune system of people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – providing new evidence about how this poorly-understood disease progresses and how it could be treated.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Catz Fellow Prof. Adrian Liston (2023) & colleagues have uncovered major differences in one type of white blood cell in people living with #Alzheimers disease – new evidence about how this disease progresses & could be treated:
www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @labliston.bsky.social @campathology.bsky.social
www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @labliston.bsky.social @campathology.bsky.social
We are proud to hear when Catz alumni serve their professions in senior positions:
⭐ Dr Pallavi Bradshaw (1996, Medical Sciences) appointed Medical Director of the Medical Protection Society.
⭐ James Pereira KC (1990, Law) elected a Master of the Bench by the Middle Temple in London.
⭐ Dr Pallavi Bradshaw (1996, Medical Sciences) appointed Medical Director of the Medical Protection Society.
⭐ James Pereira KC (1990, Law) elected a Master of the Bench by the Middle Temple in London.
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We are proud to hear when Catz alumni serve their professions in senior positions:
⭐ Dr Pallavi Bradshaw (1996, Medical Sciences) appointed Medical Director of the Medical Protection Society.
⭐ James Pereira KC (1990, Law) elected a Master of the Bench by the Middle Temple in London.
⭐ Dr Pallavi Bradshaw (1996, Medical Sciences) appointed Medical Director of the Medical Protection Society.
⭐ James Pereira KC (1990, Law) elected a Master of the Bench by the Middle Temple in London.
All St Catharine’s @jbs.cam.ac.uk Executive students and alumni are invited to our Electives Week Dinner in College on Tuesday 3 February. For further details, please visit: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
All St Catharine’s @jbs.cam.ac.uk Executive students and alumni are invited to our Electives Week Dinner in College on Tuesday 3 February. For further details, please visit: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/...
There's no such thing as a typical MBA student at Catz as demonstrated by former Fulbright Scholar Leonard Wang. At the end of his first term at Catz, we interviewed him about being on track to graduate with an MD, MPH, MSc & MBA in the space of six years: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @jbs.cam.ac.uk
Quadruple threat: Catz student pursues MD, MPH, MSc and MBA
A St Catharine’s student is on track to graduate with a Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science (MSc) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) in the space of six years. Leonard Wang delayed his final year of medical school to first complete an MSc in Health & Social Policy and then pursue an MBA – the latter at St Catharine’s.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
There's no such thing as a typical MBA student at Catz as demonstrated by former Fulbright Scholar Leonard Wang. At the end of his first term at Catz, we interviewed him about being on track to graduate with an MD, MPH, MSc & MBA in the space of six years: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @jbs.cam.ac.uk
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Are you a Cambridge UTO or CTO working in the arts, humanities, and social sciences?
Become part of our thriving community and have the opportunity to advance a major research project in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment
⏳ Apply by 12pm on 19 Jan 2026
https://bit.ly/48ggnjZ
Become part of our thriving community and have the opportunity to advance a major research project in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment
⏳ Apply by 12pm on 19 Jan 2026
https://bit.ly/48ggnjZ
Cambridge Early Career Fellowships - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Are you a Cambridge UTO or CTO working in the arts, humanities, and social sciences?
Become part of our thriving community and have the opportunity to advance a major research project in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment
⏳ Apply by 12pm on 19 Jan 2026
https://bit.ly/48ggnjZ
Become part of our thriving community and have the opportunity to advance a major research project in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment
⏳ Apply by 12pm on 19 Jan 2026
https://bit.ly/48ggnjZ
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Congratulations to everyone who graduated last weekend – rounding off our final graduations of 2025! 🎓
See some of our favourite moments from @stcatharines.bsky.social, @lucycavcoll.bsky.social, @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social and Wolfson College
See some of our favourite moments from @stcatharines.bsky.social, @lucycavcoll.bsky.social, @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social and Wolfson College
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Congratulations to everyone who graduated last weekend – rounding off our final graduations of 2025! 🎓
See some of our favourite moments from @stcatharines.bsky.social, @lucycavcoll.bsky.social, @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social and Wolfson College
See some of our favourite moments from @stcatharines.bsky.social, @lucycavcoll.bsky.social, @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social and Wolfson College
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A wonderful opportunity to be part of the friendliest college in Cambridge! A JRF is a wonderful springboard to academic independence
Our next Junior Research Fellowship is open to early career researchers engaged in any aspect of: Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences, Physics or Veterinary Sciences. Find out more and apply by 12 December:
Junior Research Fellowship
The Governing Body of St Catharine’s College invites applications for election to a Junior Research Fellowship tenable from 1 October 2026 for three years. The Fellowship is open to those who are engaged in research in any aspect of: Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Biological Sciences (Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Plant Sciences, Psychology, Zoology), Medical Sciences, Physics, Veterinary Sciences.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A wonderful opportunity to be part of the friendliest college in Cambridge! A JRF is a wonderful springboard to academic independence