Comparative study of methods for detecting extraterrestrial life in exploration mission of Mars and the solar system

In situ biochemical characterization of Venus cloud particles using a life-signature detection microscope

(2022) Satoshi Sasaki et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

ORIGIN: a novel and compact Laser Desorption – Mass Spectrometry system for sensitive in situ detection of amino acids on extraterrestrial surfaces

(2020) Niels F. W. Ligterink et al.   Scientific Reports

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

A novel method: using an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) luminescence–based assay to rapidly assess the biological stability of drinking water

(2019) Kejia Zhang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of Oxygen-Containing Salts on the Detection of Organic Biomarkers on Mars and in Terrestrial Analog Soils

(2019) Wren Montgomery et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons I: Departure of microbes from Martian surface

(2019) Kazuhisa Fujita et al.   Life Sciences in Space Research

First Detections of Dichlorobenzene Isomers and Trichloromethylpropane from Organic Matter Indigenous to Mars Mudstone in Gale Crater, Mars: Results from the Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument Onboard the Curiosity Rover

(2019) Cyril Szopa et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Venus' Spectral Signatures and the Potential for Life in the Clouds

(2018) Sanjay S. Limaye et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The Ladder of Life Detection

(2018) Marc Neveu et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

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

The biomass distribution on Earth

(2018) Yinon M. Bar-On et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2018) Christopher R. Webster et al.   SCIENCE

TEMMI, a Three-dimensional Exploration Multispectral Microscope Imager for planetary exploration missions

(2018) Matthew Bourassa et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) laser desorption/ionization source design and performance characterization

(2017) Xiang Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

Prebiotic chemicals--amino acid and phosphorus--in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

(2016) K. Altwegg et al.   Science Advances

A novel amino acid analysis method using derivatization of multiple functional groups followed by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

(2015) Yohei Sakaguchi et al.   ANALYST

A molecular fluorescent dye for specific staining and imaging of RNA in live cells: a novel ligand integration from classical thiazole orange and styryl compounds

(2015) Yu-Jing Lu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

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

Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

(2014) C. R. Webster et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2013) J. P. Grotzinger et al.   SCIENCE

A comparison of two colorimetric assays, based upon Lowry and Bradford techniques, to estimate total protein in soil extracts

(2013) M.A. Redmile-Gordon et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil metaproteomics – Comparative evaluation of protein extraction protocols

(2012) Katharina M. Keiblinger et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Cultivation of unculturable soil bacteria

(2012) Van H.T. Pham et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

A simplified universal genomic DNA extraction protocol suitable for PCR

(2011) T.Y. Wang et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Remote Nanoimaging on Mars - Results of the Atomic Force Microscope Onboard NASA's Phoenix Mission

(2011) S Gautsch et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases

(2011) M. P. Callahan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Automated Protein Hydrolysis Delivering Sample to a Solid Acid Catalyst for Amino Acid Analysis

(2010) Akiko Masuda et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Label-Free Bacterial Imaging with Deep-UV-Laser-Induced Native Fluorescence

(2010) R. Bhartia et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Methane emissions from Earth’s degassing: Implications for Mars

(2010) G. Etiope et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Enhanced Amine and Amino Acid Analysis Using Pacific Blue and the Mars Organic Analyzer Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis System

(2009) Thomas N. Chiesl et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Confocal laser scanning microscopy and Raman imagery of ancient microscopic fossils

(2009) J. William Schopf et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Bimodal protein solubility distribution revealed by an aggregation analysis of the entire ensemble of Escherichia coli proteins

(2009) T. Niwa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Manganese- and Iron-Dependent Marine Methane Oxidation

(2009) E. J. Beal et al.   SCIENCE

Fluorescence Microscopy as a Tool for In Situ Life Detection

(2008) J.L. Nadeau et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY