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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.

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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.

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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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; 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, 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; 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.

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)

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).

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, 7(9) pp. 1031–1036.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Baker, Aedan; Semprich, Julia; Schwenzer, Susanne; Greenwood, Richard C. and Filiberto, Justin Density Variations as a Function of Compostion in the Venusian Crust: Implications for Tesserae Formation. In: 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 7-11 Mar 2022, Houston, TX.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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; 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.

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.

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.; 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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Holliman, Richard (2019). Fairness in knowing: How should we engage with the sciences? The Open University, Milton Keynes.

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

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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