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Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Macey, Michael C.; Kucukkilic-Stephens, Ezgi; Barton, Timothy; Steele, Andrew; Johnson, David N.; Stephens, Ben P.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2024). Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems. Astrobiology, 24(5) pp. 538–558.

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Sym, L. S. J.; Ramkissoon, N. K.; Fox-Powell, M. G.; Pearson, V. K. and Melwani Daswani, M. (2024). Composition and Habitability of Europa’s Ocean Over Time. In: 17th UK Planetary Forum Early Career Researcher Meeting, 15 Jan 2024, London, UK.

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Sym, Lewis; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Fox-Powell, Mark; Pearson, Victoria and Melwani Daswani, Mohit (2024). Composition and Habitability of Europa’s Ocean Over Time. In: Astrobiology Science Conference 2024, 05-10 May 2024, Providence, USA.

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Sym, Lewis; Pearson, Victoria; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Fox-Powell, Mark and Melwani Daswani, Mohit (2023). Composition and Habitability of Europa’s Ocean Through Time. In: ASB9: Celebrating 20 Years of the Astrobiology Society of Britain, 7-8 Sep 2023, Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck, University of London.

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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, 400, article no. 115568.

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Macey, Michael; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Cogliati, Simone; Toubes-Rodrigo, Mario; Stephens, Ben; Kucukkilic-Stephens, Ezgi; Schwenzer, Susanne; Pearson, Victoria; Preston, Louisa J. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2023). Habitability and Biosignature Formation in Simulated Martian Aqueous Environments. Astrobiology, 23(2) pp. 144–154.

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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.

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 distinct martian environments. In: European Astrobiology Network Association EANA 2023, 19-22 Sep 2023, Madrid.

Fox-Powell, Mark; Wolfenbarger, Natalie; Buffo, Jacob; Semprich, Julia and Ramkissoon, Nisha (2023). Modelling possible chemical evolution pathways during crystallisation and re-mobilisation of brines in Europa’s ice shell. In: Workshop on the Origins and Habitability of the Galilean Moons, 24-26 Oct 2023, Marseille, France.

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Fox-Powell, Mark; Wolfenbarger, Natalie; Buffo, Jacob; Semprich, Julia and Ramkissoon, Nisha (2023). Modelling possible chemical evolution pathways during freezing of Europa’s ice shell. In: 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 13-17 Mar 2023, Houston, TX, USA.

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Cogliati, Simone; Wolsey, Elliot; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2022). Geochemical bio-signatures in Martian analogue basaltic environments using laboratory experiments and thermochemical modelling. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, article no. 1062007..

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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)

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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.

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Price, Alex; Macey, Michael C.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Ramkissoon, Nisha K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2022). Oligotrophic Growth of Nitrate-Dependent Fe ²⁺ -Oxidising Microorganisms Under Simulated Early Martian Conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, article no. 800219.

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Suttle, M.D.; King, A.J.; Ramkissoon, N.K.; Bonato, E.; Franchi, I.A.; Malley, J.; Schofield, P.F.; Najorka, J.; Salge, T. and Russell, S.S. (2022). Alteration conditions on the CM and CV parent bodies – Insights from hydrothermal experiments with the CO chondrite Kainsaz. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 318 pp. 83–111.

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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.

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Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Burchell, Mark J; Fawdon, Peter and Preston, Louisa (2021). Hunting for biosignatures on Mars. Astronomy & Geophysics, 62(4) 4.24-4.27.

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Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Turner, Stuart M. R.; Macey, Michael C.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Reed, Mark H.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2021). Exploring the environments of Martian impact‐generated hydrothermal systems and their potential to support life. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 56(7) pp. 1350–1368.

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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.

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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.

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Fox-Powell, Mark; Buffo, Jacob; Wolfenbarger, Natalie; Semprich, Julia; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Vance, Steven; Schwenzer, Susanne and Pearson, Victoria (2021). Brine evolution and transport-driven fractionation of ocean fluids within Europa’s icy shell. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021, 15-19 Mar 2021, Online.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hamp, Rachael; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Schwenzer, Susanne; Ramkissoon, Nisha and Pearson, Victoria (2019). Modelling the Rock-Water Interactions in the Sub-surface Environment of Enceladus. In: Goldschmidt Conference 2019, 18-23 Aug 2019, Barcelona.

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Macey, Michael; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2019). Viable metabolisms in a simulated martian environments. In: AbSciCon 2019, 24-28 Jun 2019, Bellevue, Washington.

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Macey, Michael; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2019). Viable metabolisms in a simulated martian chemical environment. In: Access Microbiology, Microbiology Society, 1.

Hamp, Rachael; Ramkissoon, Nisha; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Schwenzer, Susanne and Pearson, Victoria (2019). A New Simulant to Represent The Silicate Interior of Enceladus. In: 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2019 Proceedings.

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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.

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Slade, David; Price, Alex; Hamp, Rachael and Ramkissoon, Nisha (2018). Biosignatures in the solar system. The Biochemist, 40(6) pp. 6–9.

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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.

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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.

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Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Macey, Michael C.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2018). Microbial growth in simulated martian environments. In: European Planetary Science Congress 2018, 16-21 Sep 2018, Berlin, Germany.

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Macey, Michael C.; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Pearson, Victoria K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2018). Viable metabolisms in a simulated martian chemical environment. In: AbGradE Symposium 2018, 22-24 Sep 2018, Berlin.

Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Macey, Michael C.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2018). Simulating martian environments for microbial growth experiments. In: 12th International Congress of Extremophiles, 16-20 Sep 2018, Ischia, Naples.

Hamp, Rachael; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Schwenzer, Susanne; Ramkissoon, Nisha and Pearson, Victoria (2018). Modelling the Rock-Water Interface on Enceladus. In: European Planetary Science Congress 2018, 12.

Macey, Michael C.; Ramkissoon, Nisha K.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Pearson, Victoria K. and Olsson-Francis, Karen (2017). The impact of martian brine chemistry on the growth of microorganisms. In: 1st British Planetary Science Congress, 3-5 Dec 2017, Glasgow.

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.