A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name EXPOSE-R2 - BIOMEX - BIOlogy and Mars EXperiment
Operational Nomenclature EXPOSE-R2 - BIOMEX
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=EXPOSE_R2_BIOMEX_ISS
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ojufeqi
Platform ISS
HRE-E3P Category Biology
Mission Inc39, Inc40, Inc41, Inc42, Inc43, Inc44, Inc45, Inc46, Inc47, Inc48
Team Coordinator Name JP de Vera, Bernd Biering
Version 1.0
Team Members EXPOSE_R2_BIOMEX_ISS
Publication P Serrano, A Hermelink, U Boettger, JP de Vera, Dirk Wagner, 2014, Single-cell analysis of the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina soligelidi from Siberian permafrost by means of confocal Raman microspectrocopy for astrobiological research, Planetary and Space Science, 98, 191-197, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2013.10.002

S Arrhenius, 1908, Worlds in the Making: The Evolution of the Universe, , , New York: Harper & Row

Charles S. Cockell, AC Schuerger, Daniela Billi, EI Friedmann, Corinna Panitz, 2005, Effects of a Simulated Martian UV Flux on the cyanobacterium, Chroococcidiopsis sp. 029, Astrobiology, 5, 127-140

Jean-Pierre Bibring, SW Squyres, RE Arvidson, 2006, Merging Views on Mars, Science, 313, 5795, 1899-1901, DOI: 10.1126/science.1132311

F Poulet, Jean-Pierre Bibring, JF Mustard, A Gendrin, N Mangold, Y Langevin, RE Arvidson, B Gondet, C Gomez, 2005, Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early martian climate, Nature, 438, 7068, 623-627

P Serrano, M Alawi, JP de Vera, Dirk Wagner, 2019, Response of Methanogenic Archaea from Siberian Permafrost and Non-permafrost Environments to Simulated Mars-like Desiccation and the Presence of Perchlorate, Astrobiology, 19, 2, 197-208, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1877

O Podolich, OE Kukharenko, A Haidak, I Zaets, L Zaika, O Storozhuk, L Palchikovska, I Orlovska, O Reva, T Borisova, L Khirunenko, M Sosnin, Elke Rabbow, V Kravchenko, M Skoryk, M Kremenskoy, René Demets, K Olsson-Francis, Natalia Kozyrovska, JP de Vera, 2019, Multimicrobial Kombucha Culture Tolerates Mars-Like Conditions Simulated on Low-Earth Orbit, Astrobiology, 19, 2, 183-196, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1746

C Pacelli, L Selbmann, L Zucconi, C Coleine, JP de Vera, Elke Rabbow, Ute Böttger, E Dadachova, S Onofri, 2019, Responses of the Black Fungus Cryomyces antarcticus to Simulated Mars and Space Conditions on Rock Analogs, Astrobiology, 19, 2, 209-220, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1631

S Onofri, L Selbmann, C Pacelli, L Zucconi, Elke Rabbow, JP de Vera, 2019, Survival, DNA, and Ultrastructural Integrity of a Cryptoendolithic Antarctic Fungus in Mars and Lunar Rock Analogs Exposed Outside the International Space Station, Astrobiology, 19, 2, 170-182, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1728

B Huwe, A Fiedler, S Moritz, Elke Rabbow, JP de Vera, Jasmin Joshi, 2019, Mosses in Low Earth Orbit: Implications for the Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars, Astrobiology, 19, 2, 221-232, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1889

JP de Vera, M Alawi, T Backhaus, M Baqué, Daniela Billi, Ute Böttger, T Berger, M Bohmeier, Charles S. Cockell, René Demets, Rosa De la Torre Noetzel, H Edwards, A Elsaesser, C Fagliarone, A Fiedler, Bernard H. Foing, F Foucher, J Fritz, F Hanke, T Herzog, Gerda Horneck, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, B Huwe, Jasmin Joshi, Natalia Kozyrovska, M Kruchten, P Lasch, N Lee, Stefan Leuko, Thomas Leya, A Lorek, J Martinez-Frías, J Meessen, S Moritz, R Möller, K Olsson-Francis, S Onofri, S Ott, C Pacelli, O Podolich, Elke Rabbow, Günther Reitz, Petra Rettberg, O Reva, L Rothschild, L Garcia-Sancho, D Schulze-Makuch, L Selbmann, P Serrano, Ulrich Szewzyk, C Verseux, Jennifer Louise Wadsworth, Dirk Wagner, Francis Westall, D Wolter, L Zucconi, 2019, Astrobiology, Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS, 19, 2, 145-157, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897

Daniela Billi, C Verseux, C Fagliarone, A Napoli, M Baqué, JP de Vera, 2019, A Desert Cyanobacterium under Simulated Mars-like Conditions in Low Earth Orbit: Implications for the Habitability of Mars, Astrobiology, 19, 2, 158-169, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1807

T Backhaus, J Meeßen, René Demets, JP de Vera, S Ott, 2019, Characterization of Viability of the Lichen Buellia frigida After 1.5 Years in Space on the International Space Station, Astrobiology, 19, 2, 233-241, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1894

S Onofri, L Selbmann, C Pacelli, JP de Vera, Gerda Horneck, JE Hallsworth, L Zucconi, 2018, Integrity of the DNA and Cellular Ultrastructure of Cryptoendolithic Fungi in Space or Mars Conditions: A 1.5-Year Study at the International Space Station, Life, 8, 2, 23, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/life8020023

K Olsson-Francis, Daniela Billi, A Teske, JP de Vera, 2018, Editorial: Habitability Beyond Earth, Frontiers in Microbiology, , , DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02645

Y Liu, D Schulze-Makuch, JP de Vera, Charles S. Cockell, Thomas Leya, M Baqué, M Walther-Antonio, 2018, The Development of an Effective Bacterial Single-Cell Lysis Method Suitable for Whole Genome Amplification in Microfluidic Platforms, Micromachines, 9, 8, 367, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9080367

JP de Vera, M Baqué, Daniela Billi, Ute Böttger, Charles S. Cockell, R de la Torre, Bernard H. Foing, F Hanke, Stefan Leuko, J Martinez-Frías, R Möller, K Olsson-Francis, S Onofri, Petra Rettberg, S Schröder, D Schulze-Makuch, L Selbmann, Dirk Wagner, L Zucconi, 2018, A systematic way to life detection - combining field, lab and space research in low Earth orbit, Biosignatures for Astrobiology, , 111-122, B Cavalazzi, Francis Westall, Springer

JP de Vera, M Baqué, Daniela Billi, Ute Böttger, S Bulat, M Czupalla, B Dachwald, R de la Torre, A Elsaesser, F Foucher, H Korsitzky, Natalia Kozyrovska, A Läufer, R Möller, K Olsson-Francis, S Onofri, S Sommer, Dirk Wagner, Francis Westall, 2018, The search for Life on Mars and in the Solar System - Strategies, Logistics and Infrastructures, 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018, IAC-18-A1.6.12

Rosa De la Torre Noetzel, AZ Miller, JM de la Rosa, C Pacelli, S Onofri, Leopoldo García Sancho, B Cubero, A Lorek, D Wolter, JP de Vera, 2018, Cellular responses of the lichen Circinaria gyrosa in Mars-like conditions, Frontiers in Microbiology, , , DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00308

Elke Rabbow, Petra Rettberg, A Parpart, Corinna Panitz, W Schulte, F Molter, E Jaramillo, René Demets, P Weiß, R Willnecker, 2017, EXPOSE-R2: The astrobiological ESA mission on board of the International Space Station, Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1533, , DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01533

O Podolich, I Zaets, OE Kukharenko, I Orlovska, O Reva, L Khirunenko, M Sosnin, A Haidak, S Shpylova, I Rohutskyy, A Kharina, M Skoryk, M Kremenskoy, D Klymchuk, René Demets, JP de Vera, Natalia Kozyrovska, 2017, The First Space-Related Study of a Kombucha Multimicrobial Cellulose-Forming Community: Preparatory Laboratory Experiments, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 47, 2, 169-185, DOI 10.1007/s11084-016-9483-4

O Podolich, I Zaets, OE Kukharenko, I Orlovska, O Reva, L Khirunenko, M Sosnin, A Haidak, S Shpylova, Elke Rabbow, M Skoryk, M Kremenskoy, René Demets, Natalia Kozyrovska, JP de Vera, 2017, Kombucha Multimicrobial Community under Simulated Spaceflight and Martian Conditions, Astrobiology, 17, 459-469

C Pacelli, L Selbmann, L Zucconi, JP de Vera, Elke Rabbow, Gerda Horneck, R de la Torre, S Onofri, 2017, BIOMEX Experiment: Ultrastructural Alterations, Molecular Damage and Survival of the Fungus Cryomyces antarcticus after the Experiment Verification Tests, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 47, 2, 187-202, DOI 10.1007/s11084-016-9485-2

Stefan Leuko, M Bohmeier, F Hanke, Ute Böttger, Elke Rabbow, A Parpart, Petra Rettberg, JP de Vera, 2017, On the Stability of Deinoxanthin Exposed to Mars Conditions during a Long-Term Space Mission and Implications for Biomarker Detection on Other Planets, Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1680, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01680

Hervé Cottin, JM Kotler, Daniela Billi, Charles S. Cockell, René Demets, Pascal Ehrenfreund, A Elsaesser, L d’Hendecourt, Jack JWA van Loon, Z Martins, S Onofri, RC Quinn, Elke Rabbow, Petra Rettberg, AJ Ricco, Klaus Slenzka, R de la Torre, JP de Vera, Francis Westall, N Carrasco, Y Kawaguchi, Y Kebukawa, D Nguyen, Olivier Poch, K Saiagh, F Stalport, A Yamagishi, H Yano, BA Klamm, 2017, Space as a Tool for Astrobiology: Review and Recommendations for Experimentations in Earth Orbit and Beyond, Space Science Reviews, 209, 1-4, 83-181, DOI 10.1007/s11214-017-0365-5

Jochen Jänchen, Nina Feyh, Ulrich Szewzyk, JP de Vera, 2016, Provision of water by halite deliquescence for Nostoc commune biofilms under Mars relevant surface conditions, International Journal of Astrobiology, 15, 2, 107-118

IE Zaets, LP Ovcharenko, OE Kukharenko, SP Shpylova, OV Podolich, G Reshetnyak, JP de Vera, NO Kozyrovska, 2015, DNA profiling of the kombucha microbial community grown in different microenvironments, BioMed, , , submitted

Dirk Wagner, JP de Vera, Jasmin Joshi, Thomas Leya, D Schulze-Makuch, 2015, Astrobiologie - dem Leben im Universum auf der Spur, System Erde, 5, 1, 40-47, DOI: 10.2312/GFZ.syserde.05.01.7

P Serrano, A Hermelink, P Lasch, JP de Vera, N König, O Burckhardt, Dirk Wagner, 2015, Confocal Raman microspectroscopy reveals a convergence of the chemical composition in methanogenic archaea from a Siberian permafrost-affected soil, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91, 12, fiv126, DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv126

ON Reva, IE Zaets, LP Ovcharenko, OE Kukharenko, SP Shpylova, OV Podolich, JP de Vera, NO Kozyrovska, 2015, Metabarcoding of the kombucha microbial community grown in different microenvironments, AMB Express, 5, 1, 124, DOI 10.1186/s13568-015-0124-5

J Meesen, P Wuthenow, P Schille, Elke Rabbow, JP de Vera, S Ott, 2015, Resistance of the lichen Buellia frigida to simulated space conditions during the pre-flight tests for BIOMEX - viability assay and morphological stability, Astrobiology, 15, 8, 601-615, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1281

Jochen Jänchen, J Meeßen, TH Herzog, M Feist, R de la Torre, JP de Vera, 2015, Humidity interaction of lichens under astrobiological aspects: the impact of UVC exposure on their water retention properties, International Journal of Astrobiology, 14, 3, 445-456, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S147355041500004X

M Baqué, MC Verseux, Ute Böttger, Elke Rabbow, JP de Vera, Daniela Billi, 2015, Biosignature preservation of cyanobacteria mixed with phyllosilicatic and sulfatic Martian regoliths under simulated Martian atmosphere and UV flux, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 46, 2, 289-310, DOI 10.1007/s11084-015-9467-9

I Zaets, O Podolich, OE Kukharenko, G Reshetnyak, S Shpylova, M Sosnin, L Khirunenko, Natalia Kozyrovska, JP de Vera, 2014, Bacterial cellulose may provide the microbial-life biosignature in the rock records, Advances in Space Research, 53, 828-835

P Serrano, A Hermelink, Ute Böttger, JP de Vera, Dirk Wagner, 2014, Biosignature detection of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost using confocal Raman spectroscopy, Planetary and Space Science, 98, 191-197

J Meeßen, T Backhaus, A Sadowsky, M Mrkalj, FJ Sánchez, R de la Torre, S Ott, 2014, Effects of UVC254 nm on the photosynthetic activity of photobionts from the astrobiologically relevant lichens Buellia frigida and Circinaria gyrosa, International Journal of Astrobiology, 13, 4, 340-352, DOI:10.1017/S1473550414000275

Jochen Jänchen, A Bauermeister, Nina Feyh, JP de Vera, Petra Rettberg, Hans-Curt Flemming, Ulrich Szewzyk, 2014, Water retention of selected microorganisms and Martian soil simulants under close to Martian environmental conditions, Planetary and Space Science, 98, 163-168

M Baqué, C Verseux, Elke Rabbow, JP de Vera, Daniela Billi, 2014, Detection of macromolecules in desert cyanobacteria mixed with a lunar mineral analogue after space simulations, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 44, 3, 209-221, DOI: 10.1007/s11084-014-9367-4

M Baqué, 2014, Endurance and biosignatures of the extremophilic cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis sp. under space and Martian simulations in the frame of the EXPOSE-R2 space mission (BOSS and BIOMEX), PhD Thesis, Universita degli studi di Roma

T Backhaus, R de la Torre, K Lyhme, JP de Vera, J Meeßen, 2014, Desiccation and low temperature attenuate the effect of UVC254 nm in the photobiont of the astrobiologically relevant lichens Circinaria gyrosa and Buellia frigida, International Journal of Astrobiology, , , DOI:10.1017/S1473550414000470

J Meeßen, FJ Sánchez, A Sadowsky, R de la Torre, S Ott, JP de Vera, 2013, Extremotolerance and Resistance of Lichens: Comparative Studies on Five Species Used in Astrobiological Research II. Secondary Lichen Compounds, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 43, 501-526

J Meeßen, FJ Sánchez, A Brandt, EM Balzer, R de la Torre, LG Sancho, JP de Vera, S Ott, 2013, Extremotolerance and Resistance of Lichens: Comparative Studies on Five Species Used in Astrobiological Research I. Morphological and Anatomical Characteristics, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 43, 283-303

Ute Böttger, JP de Vera, A Hermelink, J Fritz, I Weber, D Schulze-Makuch, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, 2013, Application of Raman spectroscopy, as in situ technology for the search for life, Cellular origins, life in extreme habitats and astrobiology 28: Habitability of other planets and satellites, , 333-345, JP de Vera, J Seckbach

Ute Böttger, R de la Torre, JM Frias, F Rull, J Meessen, FJ Sánchez Iñigo, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, JP de Vera, 2013, Raman spectroscopic analysis of the oxalate producing extremophile Circinaria Gyrosa, International Journal of Astrobiology, 13, 1, 19-27

M Baqué, JP de Vera, Petra Rettberg, Daniela Billi, 2013, The BOSS and BIOMEX space experiments on the EXPOSE-R2 mission: Endurance of the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under simulated space vacuum, Martian atmosphere, UVC radiation and temperature extremes, Acta Astronautica, 91, 180-186, DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.05.015

FJ Sánchez, E Mateo-Martí, J Raggio, J Meeßen, J Martinez-Frías, LG Sancho, S Ott, R de la Torre, 2012, The resistance of the lichen Circinaria gyrosa (nom. provis.) towards simulated Mars conditions - a model test for the survival capacity of an eukaryotic extremophile, Planetary and Space Science, 72, 102-110

S Onofri, R de la Torre, JP de Vera, S Ott, L Zucconi, L Selbmann, G Scalzi, KJ Venkateswaran, Elke Rabbow, FJ Sánchez Iñigo, Gerda Horneck, 2012, Survival of rock-colonizing organisms after 1.5 years in outer space, Astrobiology, 12, 5, 508-516, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0736

OE Kukharenko, O Podolich, A Rybitska, G Reshetnyak, L Burlak, LP Ovcharenko, T Voznyuk, O Moshynets, I Rogutskyi, I Zaets, O Yaneva, O Reva, V Pidgorskiy, Elke Rabbow, JP de Vera, V Yatsenko, Natalia Kozyrovska, 2012, Robust symbiotic microbial communities in space research, Report to COSPAR, Space Research in Ukraine, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, State Agency of Ukraine

O Kozyrovska, OM Reva, V Goginyan, JP de Vera, 2012, Kombucha microbiome as a probiotic: a view from the perspective of post-genomics and synthetic ecology, Biopolymers and Cell, 28, 2, 103-113

JP de Vera, Ute Böttger, Rosa De la Torre Noetzel, FJ Sánchez, D Grunow, N Schmitz, C Lange, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Daniela Billi, M Baqué, Petra Rettberg, Elke Rabbow, Günther Reitz, T Berger, R Möller, M Bohmeier, Gerda Horneck, Francis Westall, Jochen Jänchen, F Fritz, C Meyer, S Onofri, L Selbmann, L Zucconi, Natalia Kozyrovska, Thomas Leya, Bernard H. Foing, René Demets, Charles S. Cockell, C Bryce, Dirk Wagner, P Serrano, Howell G.M. Edwards, Jasmin Joshi, B Huwe, Pascal Ehrenfreund, A Elsaesser, S Ott, J Meessen, Nina Feyh, Ulrich Szewzyk, R Jaumann, T Spohn, 2012, Supporting Mars exploration: BIOMEX in Low Earth Orbit and further astrobiological studies on the Moon using Raman and PanCam technology, Planetary and Space Science, 74, 1, 103-110

JP de Vera, 2012, Lichens as survivors in space and on Mars, Fungal Ecology, 5, 472-479

Ute Böttger, JP de Vera, J Fritz, I Weber, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, D Schulze-Makuch, 2012, Optimizing the detection of carotene in cyanobacteria in a Martian regolith analogue with a Raman spectrometer for the ExoMars mission, Planetary and Space Science, 60, 356-362

R de la Torre, LG Sancho, Gerda Horneck, C Ascaso, A de los Rios, K Olsson-Francis, Charles S. Cockell, Petra Rettberg, T Berger, JP de Vera, S Ott, JM Frias, J Wierzchos, M Reina, A Pintado, René Demets, 2010, Likelihood of interplanetary transfer of rock-inhabiting microbial communities: Results from the space experiment Lithopanspermia, Icarus, 208, 735-748, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.010

JP de Vera, Diedrich Möhlmann, F Butina, A Lorek, R Wernecke, S Ott, 2010, Survival potential and photosynthetic activity of lichens under Mars-like conditions: a laboratory study, Astrobiology, 10, 2, 215-227

K Olsson-Francis, R de la Torre, M Towner, Charles S. Cockell, 2009, Survival of Akinetes (Resting-State Cells of Cyanobacteria in Low Earth Orbit and Simulated Extraterrestrial Conditions, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 39, 6, 565-579, doi: 10.1007/s11084-009-9167-4

Daniela Billi, 2009, Subcellular integrities in Chroococcidiopsis sp. CCMEE 029 survivors after prolonged desiccation revealed by molecular probes and genome stability assays, Extremophiles, 13, 49-57

S Onofri, D Barreca, A Agnoletti, Elke Rabbow, Gerda Horneck, JP de Vera, L Selbmann, L Zucconi, Jason Hatton, 2008, Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Mars conditions, Studies in Mycology, 61, 1, 99-109, doi: 10.3114/sim.2008.61.10

OV Mytrokhyn, SV Bogdanova, LV Shumlyanskyy, 2008, Polybaric chrystalization of Korosten Plyton anorthosites (Ukrainian shield), International Journal of Mineral Processing, 30, 12, 36-56

Gerda Horneck, D Stöffler, S Ott, U Hornemann, Charles S. Cockell, R Möller, C Meyer, JP de Vera, J Fritz, S Schade, Artemieva, 2008, Microbial Rock Inhabitants Survive Hypervelocity Impacts on Marslike Host Planets: First Phase of Lithopanspermia Experimentally Tested, Astrobiology, 8, 1, 17-44, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0134

JP de Vera, Petra Rettberg, S Ott, 2008, Life at the limits: capacities of isolated and cultured lichen symbionts to resist extreme environmental stresses, Origin of Life and Evolution of Biosphere, 38, 457-468

Daria Morozova, Diedrich Möhlmann, Dirk Wagner, 2007, Survival of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost under simulated Martian thermal conditions, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 37, 189-200

R Möller, Thierry Douki, Jean Cadet, E Stackebrandt, WL Nicholson, Petra Rettberg, Günther Reitz, Gerda Horneck, 2007, UV radiation induced formation of DNA bipyrimidine photoproducts in Bacillus subtilis endospores and their repair during germination, International Microbiology, 10, 39-46

T Lytvynenko, I Zaetz, T Voznyuk, M Kovalchuk, I Rogutskyi, O Mytrokhyn, D Lukashev, V Estrella-Liopis, T Borodinova, S Mashkovska, Bernard H. Foing, V Kordyum, Natalia Kozyrovska, 2006, A rationally assembled microbial community for growing Tagetes patula L. in a lunar greenhouse, Research in Microbiology, 157, 1, 87-92, DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.07.009
Temporal Coverage 2014-03-12T00:00:00Z/2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Mission Description The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972.
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Date Published 2023-12-14T14:18:04Z
Last Update 2024-11-21
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, 2023, 'EXPOSE-R2 - BIOMEX', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ojufeqi