ASALLY LAB since 2014

Bioelectricity

Physics of Life.
Engineering Living Systems.

We study how bacteria use electrical states to respond, communicate and organise — and develop tools to measure and control these dynamics.

University of Warwick · School of Life Sciences

Our research

Electrical states.
Living systems.

Bacterial microscopy from the Asally Lab research archive. Silent loop · pause with the video controls

How does a cell’s electrical state shape its response to the world? We study bacteria to connect ion transport, physiology and collective behaviour.

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  1. Understand Physics of Life
  2. Measure Quantitative biophysics
  3. Control Electrical & optical inputs
  4. Engineer Engineering biology
Swarming bacteria: movement and organisation in a community. Silent loop · pause with the video controls

Collective dynamics

How do interactions between cells generate patterns and collective responses?

Biofilms & swarms →
Experimental apparatus from Asally Lab
Connecting instrumentation with biological questions.

Engineering biology

Building tools to measure and perturb microbial function with electrical and optical inputs.

Tools & applications →

A short guide to bioelectricity

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Bacterial electrophysiology

Bioelectricity, membrane potential and communication — the essentials.

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Measuring & controlling electrical states

Fluorescence measurements, electrical stimulation and optical tools.

From the lab

Latest news

Abelaine Ladinez received a Physics of Life Student Summer Bursary Award.

Tudor Onose won a Best Research Poster Award.

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People & collaboration

Work with us

We are based in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick. We welcome enquiries across microbiology, physics and engineering.

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