Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert

Spatial Variability of Microbial Communities and Salt Distributions Across a Latitudinal Aridity Gradient in the Atacama Desert

(2021) Jianxun Shen et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Microbial Hotspots in Lithic Microhabitats Inferred from DNA Fractionation and Metagenomics in the Atacama Desert

(2021) Dirk Schulze-Makuch et al.   Microorganisms

Low C/N Ratios Promote Dissimilatory Nitrite Reduction to Ammonium in Pseudomonas putida Y-9 under Aerobic Conditions

(2021) Xuejiao Huang et al.   Microorganisms

Nitrogen Cycling and Biosignatures in a Hyperarid Mars Analog Environment

(2021) Jianxun Shen et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Simulating Mars Drilling Mission for Searching for Life: Ground-Truthing Lipids and Other Complex Microbial Biomarkers in the Iron-Sulfur Rich Río Tinto Analog

(2020) Laura Sánchez-García et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The Limits, Capabilities, and Potential for Life Detection with MinION Sequencing in a Paleochannel Mars Analog

(2020) Catherine Maggiori et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Fully Automated Microchip Electrophoresis Analyzer for Potential Life Detection Missions

(2020) Maria F. Mora et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The Complex Molecules Detector (CMOLD): A Fluidic-Based Instrument Suite to Search for (Bio)chemical Complexity on Mars and Icy Moons

(2020) Alberto G. Fairén et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Microbial Biomarker Transition in High-Altitude Sinter Mounds From El Tatio (Chile) Through Different Stages of Hydrothermal Activity

(2019) Laura Sanchez-Garcia et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Subsurface Microbial Habitats in an Extreme Desert Mars-Analog Environment

(2019) Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Laboratory contamination over time during low‐biomass sample analysis

(2019) Laura S. Weyrich et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Photochemistry on the Space Station—Antibody Resistance to Space Conditions after Exposure outside the International Space Station

(2019) Gaëlle Coussot et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Towards precision quantification of contamination in metagenomic sequencing experiments

(2019) M. S. Zinter et al.   Microbiome

Prokaryotic Community Structure and Metabolisms in Shallow Subsurface of Atacama Desert Playas and Alluvial Fans After Heavy Rains: Repairing and Preparing for Next Dry Period

(2019) Miguel Ángel Fernández-Martínez et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Taxonomic and functional characterization of a microbial community from a volcanic englacial ecosystem in Deception Island, Antarctica

(2019) Emma Martinez-Alonso et al.   Scientific Reports

Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars

(2019) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   Scientific Reports

Tracing elevational changes in microbial life and organic carbon sources in soils of the Atacama Desert

(2019) Claudia Knief et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

The Ladder of Life Detection

(2018) Marc Neveu et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Detecting Nonvolatile Life- and Nonlife-Derived Organics in a Carbonaceous Chondrite Analogue with a New Multiplex Immunoassay and Its Relevance for Planetary Exploration

(2018) Mercedes Moreno-Paz et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Biomarkers and Metabolic Patterns in the Sediments of Evolving Glacial Lakes as a Proxy for Planetary Lake Exploration

(2018) Víctor Parro et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Fundamental drivers for endolithic microbial community assemblies in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

(2018) Victoria Meslier et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

(2018) Dirk Schulze-Makuch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2018) Jennifer L. Eigenbrode et al.   SCIENCE

Structure and co-occurrence patterns in microbial communities under acute environmental stress reveal ecological factors fostering resilience

(2018) Dinka Mandakovic et al.   Scientific Reports

Metaproteogenomic Profiling of Microbial Communities Colonizing Actively Venting Hydrothermal Chimneys

(2018) Petra Pjevac et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Effects of Gamma and Electron Radiations on the Structural Integrity of Organic Molecules and Macromolecular Biomarkers Measured by Microarray Immunoassays and Their Astrobiological Implications

(2018) Yolanda Blanco et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Constraints on the Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms in Atacama Surface Soils Inferred from Refractory Biomarkers: Implications for Martian Habitability and Biomarker Detection

(2018) Mary Beth Wilhelm et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Molecular biomarkers in the subsurface of the Salar Grande (Atacama, Chile) evaporitic deposits

(2018) Laura Sánchez-García et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

UniProt: a worldwide hub of protein knowledge

(2018)   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The PRIDE database and related tools and resources in 2019: improving support for quantification data

(2018) Yasset Perez-Riverol et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural and functional insight into serine hydroxymethyltransferase from Helicobacter pylori

(2018) Andreea Sodolescu et al.   PLoS One

Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert

(2018) A. Azua-Bustos et al.   Scientific Reports

Simple statistical identification and removal of contaminant sequences in marker-gene and metagenomics data

(2018) Nicole M. Davis et al.   Microbiome

Fast Genome-Wide Functional Annotation through Orthology Assignment by eggNOG-Mapper

(2017) Jaime Huerta-Cepas et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Xeropreservation of functionalized lipid biomarkers in hyperarid soils in the Atacama Desert

(2017) Mary Beth Wilhelm et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

The Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, an Extremely Dry and Carbon Deprived Habitat of Potential Interest for the Field of Carbon Science

(2017) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Experimental Protocol for Detecting Cyanobacteria in Liquid and Solid Samples with an Antibody Microarray Chip

(2017) Yolanda Blanco et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Metaproteomic analysis of atmospheric aerosol samples

(2016) Fobang Liu et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The Atacama Desert: Technical Resources and the Growing Importance of Novel Microbial Diversity

(2016) Alan T. Bull et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Rates and geochemical processes of soil and salt crust formation in Salars of the Atacama Desert, Chile

(2016) Kari Finstad et al.   GEODERMA

Irradiation effects on antibody performance in the frame of biochip-based instruments development for space exploration

(2016) M. Baqué et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Environmental Microbial Community Proteomics: Status, Challenges and Perspectives

(2016) Da-Zhi Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

(2016) Benjamin J Callahan et al.   NATURE METHODS

MICROORGANISMS, ORGANIC CARBON, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OXIDANT ACTIVITY IN HYPER-ARID MARS-LIKE SOILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOIL HABITABILITY

(2016) JULIO E. VALDIVIA-SILVA et al.   PALAIOS

Phylogenetic and Functional Substrate Specificity for Endolithic Microbial Communities in Hyper-Arid Environments

(2016) Alexander Crits-Christoph et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

DNRA and Denitrification Coexist over a Broad Range of Acetate/N-NO3− Ratios, in a Chemostat Enrichment Culture

(2016) Eveline M. van den Berg et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Widespread surface weathering on early Mars: A case for a warmer and wetter climate

(2015) John Carter et al.   ICARUS

Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

(2015) Jenni Hultman et al.   NATURE

Perchlorate and chlorate reduction by the CrenarchaeonAeropyrum pernixand two thermophilic Firmicutes

(2015) Martin G. Liebensteiner et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

In situ metabolism in halite endolithic microbial communities of the hyperarid Atacama Desert

(2015) Alfonso F. Davila et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

(2015) C. Freissinet et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

STAMP: statistical analysis of taxonomic and functional profiles

(2014) Donovan H. Parks et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

(2014) Susannah J Salter et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life

(2013) Christopher P. McKay et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Reaching 1 m Deep on Mars: The Icebreaker Drill

(2013) K. Zacny et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Radiation Resistance of Biological Reagents for In Situ Life Detection

(2013) Christopher E. Carr et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Robotics and Automation for “Icebreaker”

(2013) B. J. Glass et al.   Journal of Field Robotics

Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

(2013) D. T. Vaniman et al.   SCIENCE

Colonization patterns of soil microbial communities in the Atacama Desert

(2013) Alexander Crits-Christoph et al.   Microbiome

Bacterial Communities and the Nitrogen Cycle in the Gypsum Soils of Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila: A Mars Analogue

(2012) Nguyen E. López-Lozano et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Effects of Simulated Space Radiation on Immunoassay Components for Life-Detection Experiments in Planetary Exploration Missions

(2012) Mariliza Derveni et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Prokaryotic communities and operating metabolisms in the surface and the permafrost of Deception Island (Antarctica)

(2012) Yolanda Blanco et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Life at the dry edge: Microorganisms of the Atacama Desert

(2012) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Immunological detection of mellitic acid in the Atacama desert: Implication for organics detection on Mars

(2012) Yolanda Blanco et al.   ICARUS

Targeted Data Extraction of the MS/MS Spectra Generated by Data-independent Acquisition: A New Concept for Consistent and Accurate Proteome Analysis

(2012) Ludovic C. Gillet et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

SOLID3: A Multiplex Antibody Microarray-Based Optical Sensor Instrument for In Situ Life Detection in Planetary Exploration

(2011) Víctor Parro et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A Microbial Oasis in the Hypersaline Atacama Subsurface Discovered by a Life Detector Chip: Implications for the Search for Life on Mars

(2011) Victor Parro et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Assessing Antibody Microarrays for Space Missions: Effect of Long-Term Storage, Gamma Radiation, and Temperature Shifts on Printed and Fluorescently Labeled Antibodies

(2011) Graciela de Diego-Castilla et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Graph-based deconvolution analysis of multiplex sandwich microarray immunoassays: applications for environmental monitoring

(2011) Luis A. Rivas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Soil-specific limitations for access and analysis of soil microbial communities by metagenomics

(2011) Nathalie Lombard et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Proteomic Characterization of Cellular and Molecular Processes that Enable the Nanoarchaeum equitans-Ignicoccus hospitalis Relationship

(2011) Richard J. Giannone et al.   PLoS One

Glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamine synthetase are regulated in response to nitrogen availability in Myocbacterium smegmatis

(2010) Catriona J Harper et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Soluble sulfate in the martian soil at the Phoenix landing site

(2010) Samuel P. Kounaves et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

A cold and wet Mars

(2010) Alberto G. Fairén   ICARUS

Sequence and timing of conditions on early Mars

(2010) Caleb I. Fassett et al.   ICARUS

Habitability of the Phoenix landing site

(2010) Carol R. Stoker et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

A 200-Antibody Microarray Biochip for Environmental Monitoring: Searching for Universal Microbial Biomarkers through Immunoprofiling

(2008) Luis A. Rivas et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The 2005 MARTE Robotic Drilling Experiment in Río Tinto, Spain: Objectives, Approach, and Results of a Simulated Mission to Search for Life in the Martian Subsurface

(2008) Carol R. Stoker et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Science Results from a Mars Drilling Simulation (Río Tinto, Spain) and Ground Truth for Remote Science Observations

(2008) Rosalba Bonaccorsi et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

SOLID2: An Antibody Array-Based Life-Detector Instrument in a Mars Drilling Simulation Experiment (MARTE)

(2008) Víctor Parro et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

BioVenn – a web application for the comparison and visualization of biological lists using area-proportional Venn diagrams

(2008) Tim Hulsen et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Valley network-fed, open-basin lakes on Mars: Distribution and implications for Noachian surface and subsurface hydrology

(2008) Caleb I. Fassett et al.   ICARUS