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The Kourelis Lab — synthetic biology approaches to made-to-order plant immune receptors. Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London.

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Daniel Cincura, Cecilia Longoni, and Liu Qijun pass their Year 1 PhD Early Stage Assessments. Lab lunch at Meekhun Thai. 19th June 2026
Group photo after lab social. 11th March 2026
Lab group at the annual Schobozka meeting. 19th February 2026
Lab group photo at Imperial College London. 11th February 2026
With Nick Eilmann (centre) and Tolga Bozkurt (right), celebrating Nick's two 2025 BSPP prizes: for examination performance in plant pathology and for best undergraduate research in plant pathology at Imperial College London. 25th September 2025

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3rd June 2026

Roxanne Sicat and Daniel Cincura graduate from their MRes degrees

Roxanne Sicat earned a distinction for her MRes Molecular Plant and Microbial Sciences and is starting a DPhil at Oxford with Dr Elena Baena-Gonzalez. Daniel Cincura completed his MRes Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and is continuing his PhD in the lab.

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A helper NLR channels organellar calcium to trigger plant immunity

Science, 2026

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