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Coustenis, Athena; Hedman, Niklas; Doran, Peter T.; Al Shehhi, Omar; Ammannito, Eleonora; Fujimoto, Masaki; Grasset, Olivier; Groen, Frank; Hayes, Alex; Ilyin, Vyacheslav; Kumar K, Praveen; Morisset, Caroline-Emmanuelle; Mustin, Christian; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Peng, Jing; Prieto Ballesteros, Olga; Raulin, Francois; Rettberg, Petra; Sinibaldi, Silvio; Suzuki, Johey; Xu, Kanyan and Zaitsev, Maxim (2023). Planetary protection: Updates and challenges for a sustainable space exploration. Acta Astronautica (Early Access).

Dannenmann, Marie; Klenner, Fabian; Bönigk, Janine; Pavlista, Miriam; Napoleoni, Maryse; Hillier, Jon; Khawaja, Nozair; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Cable, Morgan L.; Malaska, Michael J.; Abel, Bernd and Postberg, Frank (2023). Toward Detecting Biosignatures of DNA, Lipids, and Metabolic Intermediates from Bacteria in Ice Grains Emitted by Enceladus and Europa. Astrobiology, 23(1) pp. 60–75.

Dugdale, A.; Ramkissoon, N. K.; Fawdon, P.; Patel, M. R.; Hills, L.; Degli-Alessandrini, G.; Bonsall, E.; Schröder, C.; Turner, S. M. R.; Achilles, C.N. and Pearson, V. K. (2023). SOPHIA: A mineralogical simulant for phyllosilicate terrains at the Rosalind Franklin landing site, Oxia Planum, Mars. Icarus, article no. 115568.

Macey, Michael; Balcha, Ermias; Schwenzer, Susanne; Miruts, Hagos; Gomez, Felipe; Cavalazzi, Barbara and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2023). Biogeochemical Cycling in Globally Distributed Hypersaline Environments. In: 10th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, 9-13 Jul 2023, Hamburg, Germany.

Marino, Alessandra; Franchi, Fulvio; Lebogang, Lesedi; Gomez, Fernando J.; Azua-Bustos, Armando; Cavalazzi, Barbara; Balcha, Ermias; Lynch, Kennda; Bhagwat, Shonil A. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2023). Ethical considerations for analogue fieldwork in extreme environments. Nature Astronomy [Early Access].

Newman, Christopher and Cheney, Thomas (2023). Barriers and Gateways to Cleaning Up Earth Orbit: The Legal, Economic, and Political Dimensions of Debris Remediation. Air and Space Law, 48 pp. 113–136.

Olsson-Francis, Karen; Doran, Peter T.; Ilyin, Vyacheslav; Raulin, Francois; Rettberg, Petra; Kminek, Gerhard; Mier, María Paz Zorzano; Coustenis, Athena; Hedman, Niklas; Shehhi, Omar Al; Ammannito, Eleonora; Bernardini, James; Fujimoto, Masaki; Grasset, Olivier; Groen, Frank; Hayes, Alex; Gallagher, Sarah; Kumar, Praveen; Mustin, Christian; Nakamura, Akiko; Seasly, Elaine; Suzuki, Yohey; Peng, Jing; Ballesteros, Olga Prieto; Sinibaldi, Silvio; Xu, Kanyan and Zaitsev, Maxim (2023). The COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy for robotic missions to Mars: a review of current scientific knowledge and future perspectives. Life Sciences in Space Research, 36 pp. 27–35.

Roche, Matthew J.; Fox-Powell, Mark G.; Hamp, Rachael E. and Byrne, James M. (2023). Iron reduction as a viable metabolic pathway in Enceladus' ocean. International Journal of Astrobiology, 22(5) pp. 539–558.

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Allouche, J.-P.; Shallit, J. and Yassawi, R. (2022). How to prove that a sequence is not automatic. Expositiones Mathematicae, 40(1) pp. 1–22.

Cheney, Thomas (2022). Universe Exploration and Colonization. In: Failat, Yanal Abu and Ferreira-Snyman, Anél eds. Outer Space Law: Legal Policy and Practice, 2nd edition. Globe Law and Practice, pp. 161–174.

Cogliati, Simone; Crandall, Jake; Filiberto, Justin and Schwenzer, Susanne (2022). Effects of basalt composition on a martian analogue magma-sediment hydrothermal system studied through thermochemical modeling. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2022, 7-11 Mar 2022, Houston.

Holliman, Richard; Marino, Alessandra; Grand, Ann; Berardi, Andrea; Mistry, Jay; Jafferally, Deirdre; Thomas, Raquel; Roberts, Grace; Marcus, Carol-Ann; Roopsind, Indranee and Roberts, Anthony (2022). A case study from Guyana of adapting engaged research design to promote ‘fairness in knowing’. Research for All, 6(1) pp. 1–17.

Ilieva, Velislava; Stephens, Ben; Goodall, Tim; Ori, Gian Gabriele; Read, Daniel; Pearson, Victoria; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Macey, Michael (2022). First insights into the chemistry and microbial community composition of the Western Sahara salt plains, a potential Mars analogue. In: Geomicrobiology Research In Progress Meeting, 30 Jun - 1 Jul 2022, University of Huddersfield.

Marino, Alessandra and Cheney, Thomas (2022). Centring Environmentalism in Space Governance: Interrogating Dominance and Authority Through a Critical Legal Geography of Outer Space. Space Policy (Early Access).

Oliver, James A.W.; Kelbrick, Matthew; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Dugdale, Amy; Stephens, Ben; Kucukkilic-Stephens, Ezgi; Fox-Powell, Mark G.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Antunes, André and Macey, Michael C. (2022). Sulfur Cycling as a Viable Metabolism under Simulated Noachian/Hesperian Chemistries. Life, 12(4), article no. 523.

Rashwan, Tarek; Asad, Md. Abdullah; Molnar, Ian L.; Behazin, Mehran; Keech, Peter G. and Krol, Magdalena M. (2022). Exploring the governing transport mechanisms of corrosive agents in a Canadian deep geological repository. Science of The Total Environment, 828, article no. 153944.

Steele, Scott Michael (2022). International Space Law: A Hindrance to Space Activities or a Resolute Action for Change. American Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 9(1)

Steele, Scott Michael (2022). Human Spaceflight: Regulations, Legal and Geopolitical Application Throughout the International Community and Commercial Actors. American Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 9(1) pp. 14–27.

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Cogliati, Simone; Curtis-Harper, Elliot; Schwenzer, Susanne; Pearson, Victoria and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2021). Identification of fluids accompanying bio-signature formation in martian analogue experiments. In: Brines Across the Solar System: Modern Brines conference, 25-28 Oct 2021, Online.

Gasda, P. J.; Comellas, J.; Essunfeld, A.; Das, D.; Nellessen, M.; Dehouck, E.; Anderson, R.; Rapin, W.; Lanza, N.; Meslin, P.-Y.; David, G.; Crossey, L.; Newsom, H.; Hoffman, M.; Fey, D.; Kronyak, R.; Frydenvang, J.; Bridges, J.; Turner, S. M. R.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Wiens, R. C.; Clegg, S.; Maurice, S. and Gasnault, O. (2021). The Chemistry and Morphology of Diagenetic Features in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021, 15-19 Mar 2021, Virtual.

Holliman, Richard; Marino, Alessandra; Berardi, Andrea; Grand, Ann; Mistry, Jay; Jafferally, Deirdre; Thomas, Raquel; Roberts, Grace; Marcus, Carol-Ann; Roopsind, Indranee; Roberts, Anthony; Davies, Sarah-Jane; Pearson, Victoria; Cooper, Hannah and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2021). Transforming astrobiology research and innovation: embedding an ethos of engaged research. In: Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference: Time, Technology and Transformation, 24-27 May 2021, Online.

Ilieva, Velislava; Steel, Bruce; Pratscher, Jennifer; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Macey, Michael (2021). Assembly of Bacterial Genome Sequences from Metagenomes of Spacecraft Assembly Cleanrooms. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(7), article no. e01439-20.

Kulkarni, Charuta; Finsinger, Walter; Anand, Pallavi; Nogué, Sandra and Bhagwat, Shonil (2021). Synergistic impacts of anthropogenic fires and aridity on plant diversity in the Western Ghats: Implications for management of ancient social-ecological systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 283, article no. 111957.

Macey, Michael; Grand, Ann; Fox-Powell, Mark; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Cousins, Claire and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2021). Hunting for Life on Mars by Studying Life on Earth. Frontiers for Young Minds, 9, article no. 665929.

Moreras‐Marti, Arola; Fox-Powell, Mark; Zerkle, Aubrey L.; Stueeken, Eva; Gazquez, Fernando; Brand, Helen E. A.; Galloway, Toni; Purkamo, Lotta and Cousins, Claire R. (2021). Volcanic controls on the microbial habitability of Mars‐analogue hydrothermal environments. Geobiology, 19(5) pp. 489–509.

Morland, Zoe; Halim, Samuel; Pearson, Victoria; Patel, Manish; Green, Simon and Ramkissoon, Nisha (2021). Modelling ejected martian biomarkers impacting Phobos. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference(2548), article no. 1045.

Ramkissoon, Nisha; Turner, Stuart; Macey, Michael; Schwenzer, Susanne; Reed, M.H.; Pearson, Victoria and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2021). Geochemical Energy Available to Microbes in Martian Impact Craters. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021, 15-19 Mar 2021, Virtual.

Richards, Grace; Pearson, Victoria; Patel, Manish; Morgan, Geraint and Sheridan, Simon (2021). Development of Enceladus ice analogues for in situ analysis. In: EPSC Abstracts.

Steele, Scott Michael (2021). Space Debris: A Basis for Actively Removing Objects Under an International Legal Order. American Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 8(2) p. 45.

Turner, Stuart; Fawdon, Peter and Davis, J.M. (2021). Mineralogy of the Oxia Planum Catchment Area on Mars and its Relevance to the Exomars Rosalind Franklin Rover Mission. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021, 15-19 Mar 2021, Virtual.

Turner, Stuart; Schwenzer, Susanne; Bridges, J.C.; Sutter, B. and Bedford, C.C. (2021). Modeling Water-Rock Reactions Beneath the Greenheugh Pediment, Gale Crater, Mars. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021, 15-19 Mar 2021, Virtual.

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Antunes, André; Olsson-Francis, Karen and McGenity, Terry J (2020). Exploring Deep-Sea Brines as Potential Terrestrial Analogues of Oceans in the Icy Moons of the Outer Solar System. Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 38 pp. 123–162.

Barnes, Jessica J.; McCubbin, Francis M.; Santos, Alison R.; Day, James M. D.; Boyce, Jeremy W.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Ott, Ulrich; Franchi, Ian A.; Messenger, Scott; Anand, Mahesh and Agee, Carl B. (2020). Multiple early-formed water reservoirs in the interior of Mars. Nature Geoscience, 13(4) pp. 260–264.

Bedford, C. C.; Schwenzer, S.; Bridges, J. C.; Banham, S.; Wiens, R. C.; Gasnault, O.; Rampe, E. B.; Frydenvang, J. and Gasda, P. J. (2020). Geochemical variation in the Stimson formation of Gale crater: Provenance, mineral sorting, and a comparison with modern Martian dunes. Icarus, 341, article no. 113622.

Cheney, Thomas; Newman, Christopher; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Steele, Scott; Pearson, Victoria and Lee, Simon (2020). Planetary Protection in the New Space Era: Science and Governance. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 7, article no. 589817.

Costello, Lacey J.; Filiberto, Justin; Crandall, Jake R.; Potter-McIntyre, Sally L.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Miller, Michael A.; Hummer, Daniel R.; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Perl, Scott (2020). Habitability of hydrothermal systems at Jezero and Gusev Craters as constrained by hydrothermal alteration of a terrestrial mafic dike. Geochemistry, 80(2), article no. 125613.

Das, D.; Gasda, P. J.; Wiens, R. C.; Berlo, K.; Leveille, R. J.; Frydenvang, J.; Mangold, N.; Kronyak, R. E.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Forni, Olivier; Cousin, Agnes; Maurice, S. and Gasnault, O. (2020). Boron and Lithium in Calcium Sulfate Veins: Tracking Precipitation of Diagenetic Materials in Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125(8)

Das, D.; Gasda, P.J.; Schwenzer, S,; Crossey, L.; Turner, S,; Leveille, R.J.; Berlo, K. and Wiens, R.C. (2020). Modeling the Behavior of Selected Water-Soluble Elements in Calcium Sulfate Veins of Gale Crater. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 15-19 Mar 2020 (Virtual), Houston, USA.

Grand, Ann; Davies, Sarah-Jane; Pearson, Victoria; Holliman, Richard and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2020). Openness and collaboration in astrobiology education. In: Europlanet Science Congress 2020, 21 Sep - 9 Oct 2020, Virtual.

Hamp, Rachael (2020). Could there be life on Enceladus? Postgraduate Research Poster Competition, The Open University.

Macey, M. C.; Fox-Powell, M.; Ramkissoon, N. K.; Stephens, B. P.; Barton, T.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Pearson, V. K.; Cousins, C. R. and Olsson-Francis, K. (2020). The identification of sulfide oxidation as a potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars. Scientific reports, 10, article no. 10941.

Macey, Michael; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Fox-Powell, Mark; Barton, Tim; Stephens, Ben P.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Cousins, Claire R. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2020). Colour Peak:An analogue environment for the waters of late Noachian Mars. In: EANA 2020, 27-28 Aug 2020, Online.

Macey, Michael C; Fox-Powell, Mark; Ramkissoon, Nisha K; Baharier, Bea; Oliver, James A W; Stephens, Ben; Schwenzer, Susanne P; Pearson, Victoria K; Cousins, Claire R and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2020). The identification of sulfide oxidation as potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 15-19 Mar 2020 (Virtual), Houston, USA.

Macey, Michael C.; Fox-Powell, Mark; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Stephens, Ben P.; Barton, Tim; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Cousins, Claire R. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2020). Colour Peak: An analogue environment for late Noachian Mars. In: Astrobiology Australasia Meeting, 9-11 Sep 2020, Online.

Macey, Michael C.; Pratscher, Jennifer; Crombie, Andrew T. and Murrell, J. Colin (2020). Impact of plants on the diversity and activity of methylotrophs in soil. Microbiome, 8(31)

Macey, Michael C.; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2020). Testing the habitability of distinct simulated martian environments. In: AbGradE 2020, 26/08/2020, Online.

Morland, Z. S.; Pearson, V. K.; Patel, M. R.; Green, S. F.; Ramkissoon, N. K. and Spencer-Jones, C. L. (2020). Characterising the Transfer of Biomarkers within the Phobos-Mars System. In: 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference(2326).

Morland, Zoe; Halim, Samuel; Pearson, Victoria; Patel, Manish; Green, Simon and Ramkissoon, Nisha (2020). Modelling the survival of ejected martian biomarkers impacting Phobos. In: EPSC Abstracts, Europlanet Science Congress 2020, article no. 254.

Olsson-Francis, K.; Ramkissoon, N. K.; Macey, M.; Pearson, V. K.; Schwenzer, S. P. and Johnson, D. N. (2020). Simulating microbial processes in extraterrestrial, aqueous environments. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 172, article no. 105883.

Preston, Louisa J.; Barcenilla, Rebeca; Dartnell, Lewis R.; Kucukkilic-Stephens, Ezgi and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2020). Infrared Spectroscopic Detection of Biosignatures at Lake Tírez, Spain: Implications for Mars. Astrobiology, 20(2) pp. 15–25.

Price, Alexander Boyd (2020). Microbial Nitrate Dependent Fe2+ Oxidation: A Potential Early Mars Metabolism. PhD thesis The Open University.

Richards, Grace (2020). VOC analysis: Unlocking the secrets of Enceladus' surface. Europlanet, Youtube.

Schwenzer, Susanne; Bridges, John; Turner, Stuart; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Cogliati, Simone; Seidel, Robert; Reed, Mark; Filiberto, Justin; Vaniman, D. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2020). Martian fluids and their evaporation products – an overview using thermochemical modelling. In: 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 16-18 Mar 2020.

Semprich, Julia and Filiberto, Justin (2020). High‐pressure metamorphic mineralogy of the Martian crust with implications for density and seismic profiles. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 55(7) pp. 1600–1614.

Semprich, Julia; Filiberto, Justin and Treiman, Allan H. (2020). Venus: A phase equilibria approach to model surface alteration as a function of rock composition, oxygen- and sulfur fugacities. Icarus, 346, article no. 113779.

Taubner, Ruth-Sophie; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Vance, Steven D.; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Postberg, Frank; de Vera, Jean-Pierre; Antunes, André; Camprubi Casas, Eloi; Sekine, Yasuhito; Noack, Lena; Barge, Laura; Goodman, Jason; Jebbar, Mohamed; Journaux, Baptiste; Karatekin, Özgür; Klenner, Fabian; Rabbow, Elke; Rettberg, Petra; Rückriemen-Bez, Tina; Saur, Joachim; Shibuya, Takazo and Soderlund, Krista M. (2020). Experimental and Simulation Efforts in the Astrobiological Exploration of Exooceans. Space Science Reviews, 216(1), article no. 9.

Turner, S.M.R.; Schwenzer, S.P.; Bridges, J.C.; Rampe, E.B.; Bedford, C.C.; Achilles, C.N.; McAdam, A.; Mangold, N.; Hicks, L.J.; Parnell, J.; Kirnbauer, T.; Fraeman, A.A. and Reed, M.H. (2020). Enhanced groundwater flow on and below Vera Rubin ridge, the Murray Formation, Gale Crater: Evidence from thermochemical modeling. In: 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 16-20 Mar 2020 (Cancelled), Houston, USA.

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Cheney, Thomas (2019). There's No Rush: Developing a Legal Framework for Space Resource Activities. Journal of Space Law, 43 pp. 106–150.

Fox-Powell, Mark; Osinski, Gordon; Applin, Daniel; Stromberg, Jessica; Gázquez, Fernando; Cloutis, Ed; Allender, Elyse and Cousins, Claire (2019). Natural Analogue Constraints on Europa's Non-ice surface Material. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(11) pp. 5759–5767.

Morland, Z.S.; Pearson, V.K.; Patel, M.R.; Green, S.F. and Ramkissoon, N.K. (2019). Transfer of Biomarkers in the Phobos-Mars System: Hyper-Velocity Impact Investigations using a Light Gas Gun. In: 2nd British Planetary Science Conference, 13-15 Jan 2020, Oxford, UK.

Nachshon, Uri; Baharier, Bea; Ogungbile, Abraham and Katzir, Roee (2019). Impact of Slope Inclination on Salt Accumulation Due to Bare Soil Evaporation. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 83(6) pp. 1655–1663.

Payler, Samuel; Biddle, Jennifer; Sherwood Lollar, Barbara; Fox-Powell, Mark; Edwards, Thomas; Ngwenya, Bryne; Paling, Sean and Cockell, Charles (2019). An Ionic Limit to Life in the Deep Subsurface. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, article no. 426.

Pratesi, Giovanni; Caporali, Stefano; Greenwood, Richard C.; Moggi Cecchi, Vanni and Franchi, Ian (2019). A detailed mineralogical, petrographic, and geochemical study of the highly reduced chondrite, Acfer 370. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 54(12) pp. 2996–3017.

Turner, S.M.R.; Schwenzer, S.P.; Bridges, J.C.; Bedford, C.C.; Rampe, E.B.; Fraeman, A.A.; McAdam, A.; Mangold, N. and L'Haridon, J. (2019). Thermochemical Modelling of Fluid-Rock Reactions in Vera Rubin ridge, Gale Crater, Mars. In: 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 18-22 Mar 2019, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Fox-Powell, Mark; Channing, Alan; Applin, Daniel; Cloutis, Ed; Preston, Louisa and Cousins, Claire (2018). Cryogenic silicification of microorganisms in hydrothermal fluids. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 498 pp. 1–8.

Fox-Powell, Mark and Cockell, Charles (2018). Building a Geochemical View of Microbial Salt Tolerance: Halophilic Adaptation of Marinococcus in a Natural Magnesium Sulfate Brine. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, article no. 739.

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Fox-Powell, Mark; Hallsworth, John; Cousins, Claire and Cockell, Charles (2016). Ionic strength is a barrier to the habitability of Mars. Astrobiology, 16(6) pp. 427–442.

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Stevenson, Andrew; Burkhardt, Jürgen; Cockell, Charles S.; Cray, Jonathan A.; Dijksterhuis, Jan; Fox-Powell, Mark; Kee, Terence P.; Kminek, Gerhard; McGenity, Terry J.; Timmis, Kenneth N.; Timson, David J.; Voytek, Mary A.; Westall, Frances; Yakimov, Michail M. and Hallsworth, John E. (2015). Multiplication of microbes below 0.690 water activity: implications for terrestrial and extraterrestrial life. Environmental Microbiology, 17(2) pp. 257–277.

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Wahga, Aqueel Imtiaz; Rahim, Eric; Aftab, Khalid; Ahson, Uzair and Aslam, Raees (2010). Fan Industry of Pakistan: Growth Dynamics of Small, Medium and Large Enterprises. Allied Press Pvt. Limited, 26 Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan.

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