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A Cathodoluminescene (and Raman) Imaging and Spectroscopic Study of Ancient Polycrystalline Diamond

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

A carbon-rich region in Miller Range 091004 and implications for ureilite petrogenesis

scholarly article

A field-based cleaning protocol for sampling devices used in life-detection studies

scientific article published on June 2009

A reduced organic carbon component in martian basalts.

scientific article

AN EXPERIMENTAL LOOK AT THE TAPHONOMY OF CYANOBACTERIAL MATS IN SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS

scientific article published in 2017

Abundances and implications of volatile-bearing species from evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

Alteration history of Séítah formation rocks inferred by PIXL x-ray fluorescence, x-ray diffraction, and multispectral imaging on Mars

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Alteration of the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition in the Martian surface rocks due to cosmic ray exposure

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An atomic force microscopy study of the biodeterioration of stainless steel in the presence of bacterial biofilms

article by Andrew Steele et al published January 1994 in International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives

Ancient graphite in the Eoarchean quartz-pyroxene rocks from Akilia in southern West Greenland II: Isotopic and chemical compositions and comparison with Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations

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Ancient graphite in the Eoarchean quartz–pyroxene rocks from Akilia in southern West Greenland I: Petrographic and spectroscopic characterization

scholarly article by Dominic Papineau et al published October 2010 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars−implications for organic geochemistry

journal article

Association of anatase (TiO2) and microbes: Unusual fossilization effect or a potential biosignature?

Atomic force microscopy imaging of fragments from the Martian meteorite ALH84001.

scientific article published on January 1998

Background levels of methane in Mars’ atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

scientific article published in Science

COMETARY SCIENCE. Organic compounds on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko revealed by COSAC mass spectrometry.

scientific article

Capture effects in carbonaceous material: A Stardust analogue study

scholarly article

Catalytic/Protective Properties of Martian Minerals and Implications for Possible Origin of Life on Mars

scientific article published on 05 November 2018

Characterization of purified biomarker compounds using time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)

Chlorine distribution and its isotopic composition in “rusty rock” 66095. Implications for volatile element enrichments of “rusty rock” and lunar soils, origin of “rusty” alteration, and volatile element behavior on the Moon

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Citation for presentation of the 2017 F.W. Clarke Award to Francis M. McCubbin

scholarly article

Combined SEM (secondary electrons, backscatter, cathodoluminescence) and atomic force microscope investigation of fracture surfaces in Martian meteorite ALH84001: preliminary results

Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope

scientific article published in December 2006

Comparison of prototype and laboratory experiments on MOMA GCMS: results from the AMASE11 campaign

scientific article published on September 2014

Competence evaluation of COSAC flight spare model mass spectrometer: In preparation of arrival of Philae lander on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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Complex carbonaceous matter in Tissint martian meteorites give insights into the diversity of organic geochemistry on Mars

scientific article published on 13 January 2023

Coordinated EDX and micro-Raman analysis of presolar silicon carbide: A novel, nondestructive method to identify rare subgroup SiC

scholarly article

Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars: characterization and analysis of the Rocknest sand shadow

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DNA perseverance of microorganisms exposed to silica: an experimental study

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Deep mantle cycling of oceanic crust: evidence from diamonds and their mineral inclusions.

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Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published in 2022

Depositional and Diagenetic Sulfates of Hogwallow Flats and Yori Pass, Jezero Crater: Evaluating Preservation Potential of Environmental Indicators and Possible Biosignatures From Past Martian Surface Waters and Groundwaters

scholarly article

Design and Modelling of a Microfluidic Electro-Lysis Device with Controlling Plates

article by A Jenkins et al published 1 April 2006 in Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Detection and Degradation of Adenosine Monophosphate in Perchlorate-Spiked Martian Regolith Analog, by Deep-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

scientific article published in May 2021

Detection of biomarkers of viable life in using immunoassay

Detection of porphyrins in vertebrate fossils from the Messel and implications for organic preservation in the fossil record

scientific article published on 29 June 2022

Detection of structurally bound hydroxyl in fluorapatite from Apollo Mare basalt 15058,128 using TOF-SIMS

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 95 no. 8-9, August 2010

Development of the MASSE instrument: immunoassay detection of organic compounds in soil and Mars regolith simulant

Diamond growth from C–H–N–O recycled fluids in the lithosphere: Evidence from CH 4 micro-inclusions and δ 13 C– δ 15 N–N content in Marange mixed-habit diamonds

Differential high pressure survival in stationary-phaseEscherichia coliMG1655

article by Patrick L. Griffin et al published June 2011 in High Pressure Research

Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars

scientific article published in July 2023

Earth's oldest (approximately 3.5 Ga) fossils and the 'Early Eden hypothesis': questioning the evidence

scientific article

Effects of Metabolism and Physiology on the Production of Okenone and Bacteriochlorophyllain Purple Sulfur Bacteria

Evaluation of cell lysis procedures and use of a micro fluidic system for an automated DNA-based cell identification in interplanetary missions

Evidence for indigenous nitrogen in sedimentary and aeolian deposits from the Curiosity rover investigations at Gale crater, Mars

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Evidence for perchlorates and the origin of chlorinated hydrocarbons detected by SAM at the Rocknest aeolian deposit in Gale Crater

scholarly article

Evidence of Sulfate‐Rich Fluid Alteration in Jezero Crater Floor, Mars

scholarly article

Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

scholarly article by Brad Sutter et al published December 2017 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Examination of an Oligocene lacustrine ecosystem using C and N stable isotopes

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Experimental formation of geomacromolecules from microbial lipids

Experimental results of rover-based coring and caching

Fluorine and chlorine abundances in lunar apatite: Implications for heterogeneous distributions of magmatic volatiles in the lunar interior

article by Francis M. McCubbin et al published September 2011 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Geochemistry of a continental site of serpentinization, the Tablelands Ophiolite, Gros Morne National Park: A Mars analogue

scholarly article by Natalie Szponar et al published June 2013 in Icarus

Geologic history of Martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034: Evidence for hydrothermal activity and lithologic diversity in the Martian crust

scholarly article

Graphite Whiskers in CV3 Meteorites

scientific article published in Science

Graphite in an Apollo 17 impact melt breccia

scientific article published on July 2010

Graphite in the martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 97 no. 7, June 2012

HEPES-stabilized encapsulation of Salmonella typhimurium

scientific article published in January 2007

Heterogeneous distribution of H2 O in the Martian interior: Implications for the abundance of H2 O in depleted and enriched mantle sources

scholarly article

High optical quality multicarat single crystal diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition

High primary productivity and nitrogen cycling after the Paleoproterozoic phosphogenic event in the Aravalli Supergroup, India

article by Dominic Papineau et al published June 2009 in Precambrian Research

High-brightness Cs focused ion beam from a cold-atomic-beam ion source

scientific article published on 02 May 2017

High-pressure tolerance in Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 and other non-piezophilic prokaryotes

scientific article published on 3 January 2012

Hydrothermal jarosite and hematite in a pyroxene-hosted melt inclusion in martian meteorite Miller Range (MIL) 03346: Implications for magmatic-hydrothermal fluids on Mars

scholarly article

Identification of Rare Polytypes of Presolar SiC with Coordinated TEM, Raman Spectroscopy and NanoSIMS Measurements

In situ radiometric and exposure age dating of the martian surface

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In-situ characterization of oxalic acid breakdown at elevated P and T: Implications for organic C-O-H fluid sources in petrologic experiments

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 99 no. 11-12, November 2014

Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Returned by Stardust

scientific article published in Science

Introduction to Planetary and Space Science special issue “astrobiology”

Isotope ratios of H, C, and O in CO2 and H2O of the martian atmosphere

scientific article

Isotopes of nitrogen on Mars: Atmospheric measurements by Curiosity's mass spectrometer

scientific article published on 9 December 2013

Isotopic and geochemical investigation of two distinct Mars analog environments using evolved gas techniques in Svalbard, Norway

article published in 2013

Large sulfur isotope fractionations in Martian sediments at Gale crater

scholarly article

Life on Mars: evaluation of the evidence within Martian meteorites ALH84001, Nakhla, and Shergotty

Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

scientific article (publication date: 16 December 2014)

Micro Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material in microfossils and meteorites: improving a method for life detection

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MicroRaman spectroscopy of diamond and graphite in Almahata Sitta and comparison with other ureilites

scholarly article

Microbial Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles at the Gypsum Dunes of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Microbial community composition and endolith colonization at an Arctic thermal spring are driven by calcite precipitation

scientific article published on 8 May 2013

Microscopic physical biomarkers in carbonate hot springs: implications in the search for life on Mars

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Mineralogy and petrography of the Almahata Sitta ureilite

scholarly article

Molecular identification of fungi microfossils in a Neoproterozoic shale rock

scientific article published in 2020

Morphologic and spectral investigation of exceptionally well-preserved bacterial biofilms from the Oligocene Enspel formation, Germany

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Morphological biosignatures and the search for life on Mars

scientific article published on January 2003

Nitrogen in Extraterrestrial Environments: Clues to the Possible Presence of Life

scientific article published in 2013

Nominally hydrous magmatism on the Moon

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Observations from a 4-year contamination study of a sample depth profile through Martian meteorite Nakhla

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Organic carbon concentrations in 3.5-billion-year-old lacustrine mudstones of Mars

scientific article published in 2022

Organic matter in extraterrestrial water-bearing salt crystals

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published in Science

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

Organic synthesis on Mars by electrochemical reduction of CO ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft

scientific article published in Science

Overview and Results From the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover's First Science Campaign on the Jezero Crater Floor

scientific article published in June 2023

Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation

scientific article published on 25 May 2021

Planning considerations related to the organic contamination of Martian samples and implications for the Mars 2020 Rover.

scientific article published on December 2014

Protein array sensor for organics (PASO)

Questioning the evidence for Earth's oldest fossils

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Radar-enabled recovery of the Sutter's Mill meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite regolith breccia

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Raman Imaging Spectroscopy of a Putative Microfossil from the ∼3.46 Ga Apex Chert: Insights from Quartz Grain Orientation

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Rapid Microbial Analysis during Simulated Surface EVA at Meteor Crater: Implications for Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars

Rapid culture-independent microbial analysis aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

scientific article published on October 2009

Report of the workshop for life detection in samples from Mars

SHERLOC Raman Mineral Class Detections of the Mars 2020 Crater Floor Campaign

scientific article published in March 2023

Sample acquisition and caching using detachable scoops for mars sample return

Searching for life on Mars: selection of molecular targets for ESA's aurora ExoMars mission

scientific article published on August 2007

Setting a standard: the limulus amebocyte lysate assay and the assessment of microbial contamination on spacecraft surfaces

scientific article

Short- and long-term olivine weathering in Svalbard: implications for Mars

scientific article published on December 2008

Speciation of l-DOPA on Nanorutile as a Function of pH and Surface Coverage Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)

scientific article published on 04 December 2012

Spectroscopic and microscopic characterizations of color lamellae in natural pink diamonds

article by Eloise Gaillou et al published October 2010 in Diamond and Related Materials

Stable isotopic evidence for fossil food webs in Eocene Lake Messel

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Sulfur-bearing phases detected by evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission ⬇️

journal article

The Co-Evolution of Fe-Oxides, Ti-Oxides, and Other Microbially Induced Mineral Precipitates In Sandy Sediments: Understanding the Role of Cyanobacteria In Weathering and Early Diagenesis

The SHERLOC Calibration Target on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover: Design, Operations, Outreach, and Future Human Exploration Functions ⬇️

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The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite

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The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC(3)

scientific article (publication date: 26 March 2009)

The imprint of atmospheric evolution in the D/H of Hesperian clay minerals on Mars

scientific article (publication date: 16 December 2014)

The power of paired proximity science observations: Co-located data from SHERLOC and PIXL on Mars ⬇️

journal paper

The problem of deep carbon—An Archean paradox

article published in 2005

The provenance, formation, and implications of reduced carbon phases in Martian meteorites

scholarly article

The search for and analysis of direct samples of early Solar System aqueous fluids

scientific article published on May 2017

The simulated silicification of bacteria--new clues to the modes and timing of bacterial preservation and implications for the search for extraterrestrial microfossils

scientific article published in January 2002

The use of atomic force microscopy for studying interactions of bacterial biofilms with surfaces

article by Iwona B Beech et al published February 2002 in Colloids and Surfaces B

Thresher: an improved algorithm for peak height thresholding of microbial community profiles

scientific article published on 5 August 2014

Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToFSIMS) of a number of hopanoids

Tracing H isotope effects in the dynamic metabolic network using multi-nuclear (1H, 2H and 13C) solid state NMR and GC–MS

Two Phase Flow Analysis on Filling Processes of Microfluidic/Microarray Integrated Systems

UV Irradiation and Near Infrared Characterization of Laboratory Mars Soil Analog Samples

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

UV Irradiation and Near Infrared Characterization of Laboratory Mars Soil Analog Samples: the case of Phthalic Acid, Adenosine 5’-Monophosphate, L-Glutamic Acid and L-Phenylalanine Adsorbed onto the Clay Mineral Montmorillonite in the Presence

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

UV irradiation of biomarkers adsorbed on minerals under Martian-like conditions: Hints for life detection on Mars

scholarly article

Unique meteorite from early Amazonian Mars: water-rich basaltic breccia Northwest Africa 7034.

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Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

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Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars Curiosity rover

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Widespread abiotic methane in chromitites.

scientific article published on 7 June 2018

Young poorly crystalline graphite in the >3.8-Gyr-old Nuvvuagittuq banded iron formation

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