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Doran, P.T.; Hayes, A.; Grasset, O.; Coustenis, A.; Prieto-Ballesteros, O.; Hedman, N.; Al Shehhi, O.; Ammannito, E.; Fujimoto, M.; Groen, F.; Moores, J.E.; Mustin, C.; Olsson-Francis, K.; Peng, J.; Praveenkumar, K.; Rettberg, P.; Sinibaldi, S.; Ilyin, V.; Raulin, F.; Suzuki, Y.; Xu, K.; Whyte, L.G.; Zaitsev, M.; Buffo, J.; Kminek, G. and Schmidt, B. (2024). The COSPAR planetary protection policy for missions to Icy Worlds: A review of history, current scientific knowledge, and future directions. Life Sciences in Space Research, 41 pp. 86–99.

Balcha, Ermias Sissay; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Stephens, Ben; Cavalazzi, Barbara; Woldesemayat, Adugna Abdi; Gemeda, Mesfin Tafesse and Macey, Michael C. (2024). Draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. strain X and Salarachaeum sp. strain III isolated from Lake Karum, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13(3), article no. e01260-23.

Spry, James A.; Siegel, Bette; Bakermans, Corien; Beaty, David W.; Bell, Mary-Sue; Benardini, James N.; Bonaccorsi, Rosalba; Castro-Wallace, Sarah L.; Coil, David A.; Coustenis, Athena; Doran, Peter T.; Fenton, Lori; Fidler, David P.; Glass, Brian; Hoffman, Stephen J.; Karouia, Fathi; Levine, Joel S.; Lupisella, Mark L.; Martin-Torres, Javier; Mogul, Rakesh; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Ortega-Ugalde, Sandra; Patel, Manish R.; Pearce, David A.; Race, Margaret S.; Regberg, Aaron B.; Rettberg, Petra; Rummel, John D.; Sato, Kevin Y.; Schuerger, Andrew C.; Sefton-Nash, Elliot; Sharkey, Matthew; Singh, Nitin K.; Sinibaldi, Silvio; Stabekis, Perry; Stoker, Carol R.; Venkateswaran, Kasthuri J.; Zimmerman, Robert R. and Zorzano-Mier, Maria-Paz (2024). Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars. Astrobiology, 24(3) pp. 230–274.

Klenner, Fabian; Bönigk, Janine; Napoleoni, Maryse; Hillier, Jon; Khawaja, Nozair; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Cable, Morgan L; Malaska, Michael J; Kempf, Sascha; Abel, Bernd and Postberg, Frank (2024). How to identify cell material in a single ice grain emitted from Enceladus or Europa. Science Advances, 10(12), article no. eadl0849.

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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, 210 pp. 446–452.

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.

Coustenis, Athena; Hedman, Niklas; Doran, Peter T.; Al Shehhi, Omar; Ammannito, Eleonora; Fujimoto, Masaki; Grasset, Olivier; Groen, Frank; Hayes, Alexander G.; 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, Yohey; Xu, Kanyan and Zaitsev, Maxim (2023). Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, article no. 1172546.

Zorzano, María Paz; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Doran, Peter T.; Rettberg, Petra; Coustenis, Athena; Ilyin, Vyacheslav; Raulin, Francois; Shehhi, Omar Al; Groen, Frank; Grasset, Olivier; Nakamura, Akiko; Ballesteros, Olga Prieto; Sinibaldi, Silvio; Suzuki, Yohey; Kumar, Praveen; Kminek, Gerhard; Hedman, Niklas; Fujimoto, Masaki; Zaitsev, Maxim; Hayes, Alex; Peng, Jing; Ammannito, Eleonora; Mustin, Christian and Xu, Kanyan (2023). The COSPAR planetary protection requirements for space missions to Venus. Life Sciences in Space Research, 37 pp. 18–24.

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.

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.

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.

Macey, Michael; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Baharier, Bea; Steele, Andrew; Kucukkilic-Stephens, Ezgi; Stephens, Ben; Schwenzer, Susanne; Pearson, Victoria and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2023). The habitability of water from distinct martian environments. In: ASB9: Celebrating 20 Years of the Astrobiology Society of Britain, 7-8 Sep 2023, Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck, University of London.

Ilieva, Velislava; Goodall, Tim; Read, Daniel; Pearson, Victoria; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Macey, Michael (2023). Functional potential of microbial communities within the Western Sahara salt plains and implications for life on early Mars. In: Astrobiology Society of Britain 9 (ASB9), 07-08 Sep 2023, Birbeck, University of London, London.

Ilieva, Velislava; Goodall, Tim; Read, Daniel; Pearson, Victoria; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Macey, Michael (2023). Active microbial sulfur cycling in the Western Sahara salt plains and implications for life on early Mars. In: European Astrobiology Network Association EANA 2023, 19-22 Sep 2023, Madrid, Spain.

Coustenis, Athena; Hedman, Niklas; Doran, Peter T.; Al Shehhi, Omar; Ammannito, Eleonora; Fujimoto, Masaki; Grasset, Olivier; Groen, Frank; Hayes, Alexander; Ilyin, Vyacheslav; Praveen Kumar, K.; Moores, John E.; Mustin, Christian; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Peng, Jing; Ballesteros, Olga Prieto; Raulin, Francois; Rettberg, Petra; Sinibaldi, Silvio; Suzuki, Johey; Whyte, Lyle G.; Xu, Kanyan and Zaitsev, Maxim (2023). COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy: recent advances. In: 74th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2023, 2 Oct - 6 Oct 2023, Baku.

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Choblet, Gaël; Tobie, Gabriel; Buch, Arnaud; Čadek, Ondrej; Barge, Laura M.; Bēhounková, Marie; Camprubi, Eloi; Freissinet, Caroline; Hedman, Matt; Jones, Geraint; Lainey, Valery; Le Gall, Alice; Lucchetti, Alice; MacKenzie, Shannon; Mitri, Giuseppe; Neveu, Marc; Nimmo, Francis; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Panning, Mark; Postberg, Frank; Saur, Joachim; Schmidt, Jürgen; Sekine, Yasuhito; Shibuya, Takazo; Sotin, Christophe; Soucek, Ondrej; Szopa, Cyril; Usui, Tomohiro; Vance, Steven and Van Hoolst, Tim (2022). Enceladus as a potential oasis for life: Science goals and investigations for future explorations. Experimental Astronomy, 54 pp. 809–847.

Baqué, Mickael; Backhaus, Theresa; Meeßen, Joachim; Hanke, Franziska; Böttger, Ute; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Baumgärtner, Michael; Billi, Daniela; Cassaro, Alessia; de la Torre Noetzel, Rosa; Demets, René; Edwards, Howell; Ehrenfreund, Pascale; Elsaesser, Andreas; Foing, Bernard; Foucher, Frédéric; Huwe, Björn; Joshi, Jasmin; Kozyrovska, Natalia; Lasch, Peter; Lee, Natuschka; Leuko, Stefan; Onofri, Silvano; Ott, Sieglinde; Pacelli, Claudia; Rabbow, Elke; Rothschild, Lynn; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk; Selbmann, Laura; Serrano, Paloma; Szewzyk, Ulrich; Verseux, Cyprien; Wagner, Dirk; Westall, Frances; Zucconi, Laura and de Vera, Jean-Pierre P. (2022). Biosignature stability in space enables their use for life detection on Mars. Science Advances, 8(36)

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.

Ilieva, Velislava; Stephens, Ben; Goodall, Tim; Ori, Gian Gabriele; Read, Daniel; Pearson, Victoria; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Macey, Michael (2022). Western Sahara salt plains as a potential novel Mars analogue. In: Europlanet Science Congress 2022, 18-23 Sep 2022, Granada, Spain.

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Crandall, Jake R.; Filiberto, Justin; Castle, Nicholas; Potter-McIntyre, Sally L.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Perl, Scott (2021). Habitability of Martian Noachian Hydrothermal Systems as Constrained by a Terrestrial Analog on the Colorado Plateau. The Planetary Science Journal, 2(4), article no. 138.

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.

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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.

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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Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Schröder, Christian; Kirnbauer, Thomas; Wood, Deborah; Seidel, Robert G. W.; Miller, Michael A. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2019). New simulants for martian regolith: Controlling iron variability. Planetary and Space Science, 179, article no. 104722.

Rettberg, Petra; Antunes, André; Brucato, John; Cabezas, Patricia; Collins, Geoffrey; Haddaji, Alissa; Kminek, Gerhard; Leuko, Stefan; McKenna-Lawlor, Susan; Moissl-Eichinger, Christine; Fellous, Jean-Louis; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Pearce, David; Rabbow, Elke; Royle, Samuel; Saunders, Mark; Sephton, Mark; Spry, Andy; Walter, Nicolas; Wimmer Schweingruber, Robert and Treuet, Jean-Charles (2019). Biological Contamination Prevention for Outer Solar System Moons of Astrobiological Interest: What Do We Need to Know? Astrobiology, 19(8) pp. 951–974.

Lannes, Romain; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Lopez, Philippe and Bapteste, Eric (2019). Carbon fixation by marine ultra-small prokaryotes. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(4) pp. 1166–1177.

Cavalazzi, B.; Barbieri, R.; Gómez, F.; Capaccioni, B.; Olsson-Francis, K.; Pondrelli, M.; Rossi, A.P.; Hickman-Lewis, K.; Agangi, A.; Gasparotto, G.; Glamoclija, M.; Ori, G.G.; Rodriguez, N. and Hagos, M. (2019). The Dallol Geothermal Area, Northern Afar (Ethiopia) — An Exceptional Planetary Field Analog on Earth. Astrobiology, 19(4) pp. 553–578.

Podolich, Olga; Kukharenko, Olga; Haidak, Andriy; Zaets, Iryna; Zaika, Leonid; Storozhuk, Olha; Palchikovska, Larysa; Orlovska, Iryna; Reva, Oleg; Borisova, Tatiana; Khirunenko, Ludmila; Sosnin, Mikhail; Rabbow, Elke; Kravchenko, Volodymyr; Skoryk, Mykola; Kremenskoy, Maksym; Demets, Rene; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Kozyrovska, Natalia and de Vera, Jean-Pierre Paul (2019). Multimicrobial Kombucha Culture Tolerates Mars-Like Conditions Simulated on Low-Earth Orbit. Astrobiology, 19(2) pp. 183–196.

de Vera, Jean-Pierre; Alawi, Mashal; Backhaus, Theresa; Baqué, Mickael; Billi, Daniela; Böttger, Ute; Berger, Thomas; Bohmeier, Maria; Cockell, Charles; Demets, René; de la Torre Noetzel, Rosa; Edwards, Howell; Elsaesser, Andreas; Fagliarone, Claudia; Fiedler, Annelie; Foing, Bernard; Foucher, Frédéric; Fritz, Jörg; Hanke, Franziska; Herzog, Thomas; Horneck, Gerda; Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm; Huwe, Björn; Joshi, Jasmin; Kozyrovska, Natalia; Kruchten, Martha; Lasch, Peter; Lee, Natuschka; Leuko, Stefan; Leya, Thomas; Lorek, Andreas; Martínez-Frías, Jesús; Meessen, Joachim; Moritz, Sophie; Moeller, Ralf; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Onofri, Silvano; Ott, Sieglinde; Pacelli, Claudia; Podolich, Olga; Rabbow, Elke; Reitz, Günther; Rettberg, Petra; Reva, Oleg; Rothschild, Lynn; Sancho, Leo Garcia; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk; Selbmann, Laura; Serrano, Paloma; Szewzyk, Ulrich; Verseux, Cyprien; Wadsworth, Jennifer; Wagner, Dirk; Westall, Frances; Wolter, David and Zucconi, Laura (2019). Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS. Astrobiology, 19(2) pp. 145–157.

Gómez, Felipe; Cavalazzi, Barbara; Rodríguez, Nuria; Amils, Ricardo; Ori, Gian Gabriele; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Escudero, Cristina; Martínez, Jose M. and Miruts, Hagos (2019). Ultra-small microorganisms in the polyextreme conditions of the Dallol volcano, Northern Afar, Ethiopia. Scientific Reports, 9(1), article no. 7907.

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Olsson-Francis, Karen; Billi, Daniela; Teske, Andreas and de Vera, Jean-Pierre P. (2018). [Editorial] Habitability Beyond Earth. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 p. 2645.

Olsson-Francis, Karen; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Price, Alex B.; Slade, David J.; Macey, Michael C. and Pearson, Victoria K. (2018). The Study of Microbial Survival in Extraterrestrial Environments Using Low Earth Orbit and Ground-Based Experiments. In: Gurtler, Volker and Trevors, Jack T. eds. Microbiology of Atypical Environments. Methods in Microbiology, 45. Elsevier, pp. 27–65.

Ramkissoon, N. K.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Pearson, V. K. and Olsson-Francis, K. (2018). Simulating the Martian Chemical Environment. In: 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 19-23 Mar 2018, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.

Hamp, R. E.; Ramkissoon, N. K.; Olsson-Francis, K.; Schwenzer, S. P. and Pearson, V. K. (2018). The Physio-Chemical Properties for the Interior of Enceladus. In: 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 19-23 Mar 2018, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.

Filiberto, Justin; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Schwenzer, Susanne P. (2018). Conclusions and Implications for Habitability of the Martian Crust. In: Filiberto, Justin and Schwenzer, Susanne P. eds. Volatiles in the Martian Crust. Elsevier, pp. 393–399.

Macey, Michael Christopher; Fox-Powell, Mark; Stephens, Ben; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Cousins, Claire R. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2018). Arctic microbes – The phylogenetic and functional diversity of prokaryotes at Colour Peak. In: Molecular Microbial Ecology Group (MMEG) Meeting 2018, 17-19 Dec 2018, Swansea.

Macey, Michael C; Stephens, Ben; Fox-Powell, Mark; Cousins, Claire R.; Schwenzer, Susanne P; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2018). Prokaryotes at Colour Peak – An analogue for the Icy Moons. In: EANA 2018, 24-28 Sep . 2018, Berlin.

Macey, Michael C.; Fox-Powell, Mark; Cousins, Claire R.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2018). Characterisation of novel isolates from an Enceladan analogue. In: AbGradE Symposium 2018, 22-24 Sep 2018, Berlin, Germany.

Macey, Michael C.; Stephens, Ben; Fox-Powell, Mark; Cousins, Claire R.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2018). Prokaryotes at Colour Peak – An analogue for the Icy Moons. In: 12th International congress of Extremophiles, 16-20 Sep 2018, Ischia, Naples.

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Boardman, C. P.; Summers, S. S.; Olsson-Francis, K. and Gladding, T. (2017). Plastic Microbial Acclimation and Optimisation of Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Processes may Improve Degradation Times. In: 16th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium (Sardinia 2017), 2-6 Oct 2017, S. Margherita di Pula, Sardinia, Italy,.

Rolfe, S. M.; Patel, M. R.; Olsson-Francis, K.; Gilmour, I.; Ringrose, T. J. and McGenity, T. J. (2017). Mars simulated exposure and the characteristic Raman biosignatures of amino acids and halophilic microbes. In: 7th Astrobiology Society of Britain Conference, 13-14 Sep 2017, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, pp. 21–22.

Macey, Michael C.; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2017). The impact of martian chemistry on the metabolism of methanogenic archaea. In: 7th Astrobiology Society of Britain Conference, 13-14 Sep 2017, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Cockell, Charles S.; Cousins, Claire; Wilkinson, Paul T.; Olsson-Francis, Karen and Rozitis, Ben (2015). Are thermophilic microorganisms active in cold? International Journal of Astrobiology, 14(3) pp. 457–463.

Woolman, P. F.; Pearson, V. K.; Cockell, C. and Olsson-Francis, K. (2015). Subsurface Halophiles: An Analogue for Potential Life on Mars. In: UK Planetary Forum 12th Early Career Planetary Scientists’ Meeting, 19-20 Feb 2015, University of Kent.

Woolman, P. F.; Pearson, V. K.; Cockell, C. S. and Olsson-Francis, K. (2015). Subsurface Halophiles: An Analogue for Potential Life on Mars. In: Life on Earth and Beyond: The History and Philosophy of the Origin of Life, 4-6 May 2015, Ven Island, Sweden.

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Curtis-Harper, E.; Pearson, V. K.; Schwenzer, S. P. and Olsson-Francis, K. (2014). The anaerobic community of an estuarine environment: an analogue for life on Mars. In: 12th Early Career Planetary Scientists’ Meeting, 19-20 Feb 2015, University of Kent, UK Planetary Forum.

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Olsson-Francis, Karen; Cockell, Charles and Watson, Jonathan S. (2013). Cyanobacteria isolated from the high-intertidal zone: a model for studying the physiological prerequisites for survival in low Earth orbit. International Journal of Astrobiology, 12(4) pp. 292–303.

Rolfe, S. M.; Patel, M. R.; Gilmour, I.; Olsson-Francis, K. and Ringrose, T. J. (2013). Detecting biomarkers on Mars using Raman spectroscopy. In: Molecules and Life in Extremes: UK Astrobiology Conference 2013 - (ASB5), 17-19 Apr 2013, Edinburgh, UK.

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Rolfe, S. M.; Patel, M.; Gilmour, I.; Olsson-Francis, K.; Ringrose, T. J. and Cockell, C. (2012). Raman spectroscopy of biologically relevant amino acids under martian conditions. In: Astrobiology Science Conference 2012 Exploring Life: Past, Present, Near and Far, 16-20 Apr 2012, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Paulino-Lima, Ivan Gláucio; Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo; Galante, Douglas; Cockell, Charles; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Brucato, John Robert; Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio; Strazzulla, Giovanni; Merrigan, Tony; McCullough, Robert; Mason, Nigel and Lage, Claudia (2011). Survival of Deinococcus radiodurans against laboratory-simulated solar wind charged particle. Astrobiology, 11(9) pp. 875–882.

Rolfe, S. M.; Patel, M. R.; Olsson-Francis, K.; Cockell, C. S. and Ringrose, T. J. (2011). Raman spectroscopy of amino acids and other biomarkers on Mars. In: 11th European Workshop on Astrobiology (Annual workshop of EANA), 11-14 Jul 2011, Cologne, Germany.

Monaghan, E. P.; Patel, M. R.; Cockell, C. S. and Olsson-Francis, K. (2011). Habitability of the Martian subsurface for methanogenic life. In: Exploring Mars Habitability, 13-15 Jun 2011, Lisbon, Portugal.

Cockell, Charles S.; Pybus, David; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Kelly, Laura; Petley, David; Rosser, Nick; Howard, Karen and Mosselmans, Fred (2011). Molecular characterization and geological microenvironment of a microbial community inhabiting weathered receding shale cliffs. Molecular Ecology, 61(1) pp. 166–181.

Kalamortz, Falk; Keis, Stefanie; Mcmillan, Duncan G. G.; Olsson, Karen; Stanton, Jo-Ann; Stockwell, Peter; Black, Mik A.; Klingeman, Dawn M.; Land, Miriam L.; Han, Cliff S.; Martin, Stanton L.; Becher, S. Anette; Peddie, Catherine J.; Morgan, Hugh W.; Matthies, Doreen; Preiß, Laura; Meier, Thomas; Brown, Steven D. and Cook, Gregory M. (2011). Draft genome sequence of the thermoalkaliphilic Caldalkalibacillus thermarum strain TA2.A1. Journal of Bacteriology, 193(16) pp. 4290–4291.

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Olsson-Francis, K.; Van Houdt, R.; Mergeay, M.; Leys, N. and Cockell, C. S. (2010). Microarray analysis of a microbe–mineral interaction. Geobiology, 8(5) pp. 446–456.

Olsson-Francis, Karen and Cockell, Charles (2010). Use of cyanobacteria for in-situ resource use in space applications. Planetary And Space Science, 58(10) pp. 1279–1285.

Olsson-Francis, Karen; de la Torre, Rosa and Cockell, Charles S. (2010). Isolation of novel extreme-tolerant cyanobacteria from a rock-dwelling microbial community by using exposure to low Earth orbit. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(7) pp. 2115–2121.

de La Torre, Rosa; Sancho, Leopoldo G.; Horneck, Gerda; de los Ríos, Asunción; Wierzchos, Jacek; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Cockell, Charles; Rettberg, Petra; Berger, Thomas; de Vera, Jean-Pierre P.; Ott, Sieglinde; Frías, Jesus Martinez; Melendi, Pablo Gonzalez; Lucas, Maria Mercedes; Reina, Manuel; Pintado, Ana and Demets, René (2010). Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions: results of the space Lithopanspermia experiment. Icarus, 208(2) pp. 735–748.

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Cockell, Charles; Olsson, Karen; Knowles, Felicity; Kelly, Laura; Herrera, Aude; Thorsteinsson, Thorstein and Marteinsson, Viggo (2009). Bacteria in weathered basaltic glass, Iceland. Geomicrobiology Journal, 26(7) pp. 491–507.

de Vera, J. P.; Ott, S.; de la Torre, R.; Sancho, L. G.; Horneck, G.; Rettberg, P.; Ascaso, C.; de los Ríos, A.; Wierzchos, J.; Cockell, C.; Olsson, K.; Frías, J. M. and Demets, R. (2009). ESA experiment BIOPAN-6-Germination and Growth Capacity of Lichen Symbiont Cells and Ascospores After Space Exposure. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 39(3) pp. 359–360.

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Tran, Sieu L.; Rao, Min; Simmers, Cameron; Gebhard, Susanne; Olsson, Karen and Cook, Gregory M. (2005). Mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis unable to grow at acidic pH in the presence of the protonophore carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone. Microbiology, 151(3) pp. 665–672.

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Olsson, Karen; Keis, Stefanie; Morgan, Hugh W.; Dimroth, Peter and Cook, Gregory M. (2003). Bioenergetic properties of the Thermoalkaliphilic Bacillus sp. Strain TA2.A1. Journal of Bacteriology, 185(2) pp. 461–465.

Young, Katherine; Brent Seale, R.; Olsson, Karen; Aislabie, Jackie and Cook, Gregory M. (2003). Amino acid transport by Sphingomonas sp. strain Ant 17 isolated from oil-contaminated Antarctic soil. Polar Biology, 26(8) pp. 560–566.

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