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Banin, A.  (2005).  The Enigma of the Martian Soil.  Science, 309:888-890.

Bernstein, M.P., Mattioda, A.L., Sandford, S.A. & Hudgins, D.M.  (2005).  Laboratory Infrared Spectra of Polycyclic Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles: Quinoline and Phenanthridine in Solid Argon and H2O.  The Astrophysical Journal, 626:918.

Bernstein, M.P., Sandford, S.A. & Walker, R.L.  (2005).  Laboratory IR spectra of 4-azachrysene in solid H2O.  Advances in Space Research Volume, 36:166-172.

Bishop, J.L. & Bibring et al, J.-P.  (2005).  Searching for aqueous activity on Mars through analyses of OMEGA spectra [Abstract].  37th AAS-DPS.

Bishop, J.L. & Louris et al, S.K.  (In Press, 2006).  Nanophase Iron Oxides as a Key Ultraviolet Sunscreen for Ancient Photosynthetic Microbes.  International Journal of Astrobiology, 5.

Bishop, J.L. & Rothschild et al, L.J.  (2006).  Nanophase iron oxides as an ultraviolet sunscreen for ancient photosynthetic microbes: A possible link between early organisms, banded-iron formations, and the oxygenation of the atmosphere [Abstract].  Astrobiology, 6.

Bonaccorsi, R. & Mancinelli, R.L.  (2006).  A Model for the Formation of Sub-Basement Fossil Soil drilled in the North Pacific (ODP, Leg 197): A possible Novel Analog for a Deep Subsurface Biosphere on Earth and Mars.  Abstract Astrobiology Science Conference.  Washington, DC..

Bonaccorsi, R. & Mancinelli, R.L.  (2006).  A Novel Analog for a Subsurface Soil Biosphere on Mars: Possible biosignatures in Paleosoils From Deep Drilling (ODP, Leg 197)..  Abstract Astrobiology Science Conference.  Washington, DC..

Borucki, W.J., Whitten, R.C., Bakes, E.L.O., Barth, E. & Tripathi, S.  (2005).  Predictions of the electrical conductivity and charging of the aerosols in Titan's atmosphere.  Icarus, 18(2):527-544.

Cabrol, N.A.  (2006).  Habitability and life survival potential on early Mars: Clues from the red and the blue planets [Abstract].  AbSciCon 2006.  Washington, D.C..

Cabrol, N.A.  (2006).  Range of potential habitats beyond Earth in the Solar System [Abstract].  AAAS Annual Meeting.  Saint-Louis, Missouri.

Cabrol, N.A., Grin, E.A., Hock, A.N., Rothschild, L. & Rogoff, D.  (2006).  New extremes for copepod colonies in the Andes [Abstract].  Astrobiology Science Conference.  Washington, DC.

Cabrol, N.A., Grin, E.A., Kiss, K.T., E. Ács, I.G., Szabò, K., Tóth, B., Fike, D.A., Hock, A.N., Demergasso, C., Escudero, L., Chong, G., Galleguillos, P., .H Grigsby, B., Zambrana Rom%aacute;n, J., McKay, C.P. & Tambley, C.  (2006).  Signatures of Habitats and Life in Earth's High-Altitude Lakes: Clues to Noachian Aqueous Environments on Mars.  Cambridge University Press.

Cabrol, N.A., Hock, A.N., Grin, E.A., Kovacs, G.T. & Parazynski, S.  (2005).  Can the Combination of Extremes Protect Life: Clues from Altiplanic Lakes and Implication for Early Mars.  AGU Fall Meeting (abstract #7353, PD41D-05).

Cabrol, N.A., Hock, A.N., Grin, E.A., Kovacs, G.T. & Parazynski, S.  (2005).  Combination of environmental extremes in altiplanic lakes and the past habitability of Mars..  .  Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16-19, 2005), abstract # 90041, Vol. 37, No. 7, Paper No. 22-3..

Derr, J.S. & Freund, F.T.  (2006).  Earthquake lights and the stress activation of positive hole charge carriers in rocks.  Phys. Chem. Earth, 31(4-9):305-312.

Elsila, J.E., Hammond, M.R., Bernstein, M.P., Sandford, S.A. & Zare, R.N.  (2006).  UV photolysis of quinoline in interstellar ice analogs.  Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41(5):785796.

Freund, M.M. & Freund,  F. T.  (2006).  Solid solution model for interstellar dust grains and their organics.  Astrophys. Journal, 639:210-226.

Hock, A.N., Cabrol, N.A., Grin, E.A., Kovacs, G.T., Rothschild, R.L., Parazynski, S.E. & Prufert-Bebout, L.  (2005).  Mars-relevant conditions at the lakes of Licancabur volcano, Bolivia [Abstract].  2005 AGU Fall Meeting.  San Francisco.

Lau, B.W.S. & Freund,  F. T.  (2006).  Current and surface potential induced by stress-activated positive holes in igneous rocks.  Phys. Chem. Earth, 31(4-9):240-247.

Mancinelli, R.L.  (2005).  Results of the first Workshop on the Habitability of Planets Orbiting M Dwarf Stars [Abstract].

Mancinelli, R.L., Warren-Rhodes, K. & Banin, A.  (2006).  Nitrogen cycling at yungay in the atacama desert [Abstract].  Astrobiology Science Conference.  Washington, DC..

Mattioda, A.L., Hudgins, D.M., W., B.C. & Allamandola, L.J.  (2005).  Infrared spectroscopy of matrix-isolated polycyclic aromatic compounds and their ions. 7. Phenazine, a dual substituted polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycle.  Advances in Space Research, 36:156-165.

Phillips, C.B. & Cowell, W.  (2005).  Europa: Geological Activity and Surface -- Subsurface exchange.  Eos Trans. AGU Fall Meeting Supplement.

Phillips, C.B.  (2006).  Europa: Geological Activity and Surface -- Subsurface Exchange.  .  Europa Focus Group Workshop NASA Ames Research Center.

Sekine, Y., Imanaka, H., Khare, B.N., Bakes, E.L.O., McKay, C.P., Sugita, S. & Matsui, T.  (2005).  An experimental study on interactions between Titan tholin and H atom.  American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #37.

Sekine, Y., Imanaka, H., Khare, B.N., Bakes, E.L.O., McKay, C.P., Sugita, S. & Matsui, T.  (2005).  Experimental Study on Interactions Between H Atoms and Organic Haze [Abstract].  36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.  League City, Texas.

Takeuchi, A. & Lau, B.W.S.  (2006).  Step towards understanding pre-earthquake low frequency EM emissions.  Phys. Chem. Earth, 31(4-9):389-396.

Nancy N. Perreault, Dale T. Andersen, Wayne H. Pollard, Charles W. Greer, and Lyle G. Whyte. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, Mar. 2007, p. 1532 - 1543 Vol. 73, No. 5 0099-2240/07 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Characterization of the Prokaryotic Diversity in Cold Saline Perennial Springs of the Canadian High Arctic

J.C. Tarter, P.R. Backus, R.L. Mancinelli, J.M. Aurnou, D.E. Backman, G.S. Basri, A.P. Boss, A. Clarke, D. Deming, L.R. Doyle, E.D. Feigelson, F. Freund, D.H. Grinspoon, R.M. Haberle, S.A. Hauck, II, M.J. Heath, T.J. Henry, J.L. Hollingsworth, M.M. Joshi, S. Kilston,  M.C. Liu, E. Meikle,  I.N. Reid, L.J. Rothschild, J.M. Scalo, A. Segura, C.M. Tang, J.M. Tiedje, M.C. Turnbull, L.M. Walkowicz,  A.L. Weber, and R.E. Young  (2007). “A Re-appraisal of the Habitability of Planets Around M Dwarf Stars”. Astrobiology, vol. 7, no. 1, 30-65.

K.P. Hand, C.F. Chyba, (2007) Empirical constraints on the salinity of the europan ocean and implications for a thin ice shell, Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.02.002

Bernstein, M. P.; Cruikshank, D. P.; Sandford, S. A. (2006) Near-infrared
laboratory spectra of CH4 in Solid H2O. Icarus 181, 302-308

Bernstein, M. P.; Cruikshank, D. P.; Sandford, S. A. (2005) Near-infrared
laboratory spectra of solid H2O/CO2 and CH2OH/CO2 ice mixtures. Icarus 179
527-534.

Bernstein, M. P.; Sandford, S. A.; Allamandola, L. J. (2005) The
Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectra of Neutral Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
in Conditions Relevant to Dense Interstellar Clouds. The Astrophysical
Journal Supplement Series, Volume 161, Issue 1, pp. 53-64.

Bernstein, M. P.; Sandford, S. A.; Walker, R. L., (2005) Laboratory IR
spectra of 4-azachrysene in solid H2O Advances in Space Research Volume 36,
166-172

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