“You can't try new things if you don't take risks. Not everything works out. But even when that happens you learn a lot”
Meet St John's Fellow Professor Tuomas Knowles, world-leading expert on proteins and founder of five spinout companies which all apply breakthroughs in protein science to real-world problems.
The College received 1,501 applications in the 2026 round, with A-level entrants averaging more than three A*s each, International Baccalaureate entrants averaging 44 overall, and 73.4 per cent of UK entrants coming from the state sector
The 2026 Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture will be given in Cambridge by US theoretical physicist Professor Gary Horowitz on 16 October 2026, following a commemorative concert in Oxford on 29 September