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Cecilia Longoni receiving the P H Gregory Prize at BSPP PPATH 2026. — Cecilia Longoni receives the P H Gregory Prize for the best presentation at BSPP PPATH 2026. *10th September 2026*

The Kourelis Lab on a day out in Oxford. — Lab day out in Oxford: a picnic, punting, a college tour, and dinner together. *2nd July 2026*

Lunch with Daniel Cincura, Cecilia Longoni, and Liu Qijun celebrating their PhD Early Stage Assessment passes. — 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*

Jiorgos Kourelis with Nick Eilmann and Tolga Bozkurt at the 2025 BSPP awards. — 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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15th September 2026

Celebrating a prize, a top MRes grade, and a collaborator's BBSRC grant

The lab celebrated Cecilia Longoni's P H Gregory Prize, Cian Raza finishing top of his MRes year, and Tolga Bozkurt's new BBSRC grant over lunch at Da Mario.

7th September 2026

Cecilia Longoni wins the P H Gregory Prize at a week of plant pathology meetings

Over 7–11 September 2026 the lab presented at the Kamoun Lab Alumni and Friends Meeting, the BSPP Early Career Plant Pathologists conference, and BSPP PPATH 2026. Cecilia Longoni won the P H Gregory Prize for the best presentation.

7th August 2026

Everton Capote Ferreira visits ahead of joining the lab

Everton Geraldo Capote Ferreira visited the labs ahead of starting as ERC-funded postdoctoral researcher in October 2026. The lab took him to lunch at Xi'an BiangBiang Noodles.

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A helper NLR channels organellar calcium to trigger plant immunity

Science, 2026

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