Class of 2023 Ayush Tambde won the prize for Best Individual at BTYSTE with his project, 'Analysis of single-cell proteomic data to understand the mechanisms of oncogenic transformation and how to control them'. He also won the Horizon Student Award for the best overall Biological and Ecological project.
Ayush has twice been named one of the Top 30 under 30 in tech by the Sunday business Post.
You left Stratford College in 2023, what have you been up to since?
I started my physics course at UCD back in September, so I’ve been a bit busy with that. Earlier this year I received an Emergent Ventures Fellowship to support my AI projects, and to pay for a trip to Boston/San Francisco, where I met cool people doing amazing things, including startup founders, professors, students and many more. Boston is an epicentre for biotech, and I was lucky enough to have been given a tour around the Broad Institute and witness first-hand how groundbreaking research is conducted.
When did you know this is what you wanted to do?
I’ve been pretty set on physics since my early quantum computing days back in third year. Everything else is downstream, it encourages first-principles thinking, and most potentially world altering technologies (fusion, quantum materials, AI etc.) are rooted in physics. So choosing to pursue it further was a no brainer.
What’s your favourite school memory?
The Paris Trip in 6th year (2023) was pretty awesome. Particularly memorable were the museums and the evening walk down the Champs-Élysées.
Any advice for our students today?
I’d repeat some of the best piece of advice I got, which is to “hone your craft”. Find something (or things) you’re interested in and become the best in the world at it.
The 1st years completed a zombie lab today where they used their scientific methods and thinking to identify patient zero from the zombie suspects. Using measuring skills, pH, observation skills and much more they successfully identified the source of the outbreak!
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The TY Horticulture class were out in the Autumn sunshine planting Spring bulbs using the chaos planting method. This is when a multitude of different spring bulbs (Hyacinths, Daffodils, Tulips, Crocuses, Narcissi) are mixed together and randomly planted so that we have a mixture of flowers and patterns emerging in the spring. It mimics nature and so is more enticing to pollinators and native insects that need the food in Spring.
Stratford is celebrating Maths Week 2026 (12th - 18th October) with daily activities around the school, at breaktimes and in Maths classes! The tutor-time daily quiz is proving to be extremely competitive as each form group tries to solve it and then run to find Ms Matthews in order to win the box of chocolates!
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