Shedding light on charge dynamics — from electrodes to living cells
We harness light to unravel charge dynamics across spatial and temporal scales — from electrodes to living cells — developing new tools at the intersection of optics, electrochemistry, and life sciences.
Plasmonic imaging of pancreatic beta-cell bioelectrical activity · copyright: Abayzeed lab 2026
Living Cell Networks
Label-free imaging of electrical signalling in live cell networks in healthy and diseased conditions (e.g., insulin-secretion coordination in pancreatic beta cell networks.
Learn more →Living Electrical Circuits
High-resolution reconstruction of electrical circuits in living organisms using optical label-free tools.
Learn more →Charge Optics
Fundamental understanding of how distributions of charge carriers couple to electromagnetic fields at electrified interfaces.
Learn more →New paper published in PCCP
Our latest work on separating cation and anion contributions is now published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Read paper ↗Wellcome Accelerator Award
We have been awarded £200k from the Wellcome Trust to advance our bioelectric sensing research programme.
Read more ↗Beta cell imaging in Scientific Reports
Our paper on plasmonic imaging of living pancreatic beta-cell networks has been published.
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Interested in our work? We welcome collaborations, PhD enquiries, and partnerships across disciplines.
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