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Parro V., Lezcano M.Á., Moreno-Paz M., Davila A.F., Azua-Bustos A., García-Villadangos M., Wierzchos J., Fernández-Martínez M.Á., Larramendi R., Moreno H., Oficialdegui I., Olivera M., Redondo-Nieto M., Mustieles-Del-Ser P., Potocki M., Mayewski P.A., González-Herrero S., Justel A., Quesada A. (2025) Microbial biogeography along a 2578 km transect on the East Antarctic Plateau Nature Communications Jan; 16(1):775. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-55997-6
Lezcano M.Á., Bornemann T.L.V., Sánchez-García L., Carrizo D., Adam P.S., Esser S.P., Cabrol N.A., Probst A.J., Parro V. (2024) Hyperexpansion of genetic diversity and metabolic capacity of extremophilic bacteria and archaea in ancient Andean lake sediments Microbiome Sep; 12(1):176. doi: 10.1186/s40168-024-01878-x¡
Mustieles-Del-Ser P., Ruano-Gallego D., Parro V. (2024) Immunoanalytical Detection of Conserved Peptides: Refining the Universe of Biomarker Targets in Planetary Exploration Analytical Chemistry Mar; 96(12):4764-4773 doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04165
Finkel P.L., Carrizo D., Rasmussen K.R., Knudsen N.A.T., Parro V., Sánchez-García L. (2024) Lipid-based paleoecological and biogeochemical reconstruction of Store Saltsø, an extreme lacustrine system in SW Greenland Science of The Total Environment Apr; 921:171199. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171199
Bonaccorsi R., Glass B., Moreno-Paz M., García-Villadangos M., Warren-Rhodes K., Parro V., Manchado J.M., Wilhelm M.B., McKay C.P. (2024) In Situ Real-Time Monitoring for Aseptic Drilling: Lessons Learned from the Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies Contamination Control Strategy and Implementation and Application to the Icebreaker Mars Life Detection Mission Astrobiology Dec; 23(12):1303-1336 doi: 10.1089/ast.2022.0133
Sánchez-García L., Carrizo D., Jiménez-Gavilán P., Ojeda L., Parro V., Vadillo I. (2024) Serpentinization-associated travertines as spatio-temporal archives for lipid biomarkers key for the search for life on Mars Science of The Total Environment Feb; 912:169045. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169045
Moreno-Paz M., Dos Santos Severino R.S., Sánchez-García L., Manchado J.M., García-Villadangos M., Aguirre J., Fernández-Martínez M.A., Carrizo D., Kobayashi L., Dave A., Warren-Rhodes K., Davila A., Stoker C.R., Glass B., Parro V. (2023) 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 Astrobiology Dec; 23(12):1259-1283. doi: 10.1089/ast.2021.0174
Severino R., Moreno-Paz M., Puente-Sánchez F., Sánchez-García L., Risso V.A., Sanchez-Ruiz J.M., Cabrol N., Parro V. (2023) Immunoanalytical Approach for Detecting and Identifying Ancestral Peptide Biomarkers in Early Earth Analogue Environments Analytical Chemistry Mar; 95(12):5323-5330. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05386
Finkel P.L., Carrizo D., Parro V., Sánchez-García L. An Overview of Lipid Biomarkers in Terrestrial Extreme Environments with Relevance for Mars Exploration Astrobiology May; 23(5):563-604. doi: 10.1089/ast.2022.0083
Azua-Bustos A., Fairén A.G., González-Silva C., Prieto-Ballesteros O., Carrizo D., Sánchez-García L., Parro V., Fernández-Martínez M.Á., Escudero C., Muñoz-Iglesias V., Fernández-Sampedro M., Molina A., Villadangos M.G., Moreno-Paz M., Wierzchos J., Ascaso C., Fornaro T., Brucato J.R., Poggiali G, Manrique J.A., Veneranda M., López-Reyes G., Sanz-Arranz A., Rull F., Ollila A.M., Wiens R.C., Reyes-Newell A., Clegg S.M., Millan M., Johnson S.S., McIntosh O., Szopa C., Freissinet C., Sekine Y., Fukushi K., Morida K., Inoue K., Sakuma H., Rampe E. (2023) Dark microbiome and extremely low organics in Atacama fossil delta unveil Mars life detection limits Nature Communications Feb; 14(1):808. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36172-1
Sánchez-García L., Lezcano M.Á., Carrizo D., Severino R., García-Villadangos M., Cady S.L., Warren-Rhodes K., Cabrol N.A., Parro V. (2023) Assessing siliceous sinter matrices for long-term preservation of lipid biomarkers in opaline sinter deposits analogous to Mars in El Tatio (Chile) Science of The Total Environment Apr; 870:161765. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161765
Amils R., Escudero C., Oggerin M., Puente Sánchez F., Arce Rodríguez A., Fernández Remolar D., Rodríguez N., García Villadangos M., Sanz J.L., Briones C., Sánchez-Román M., Gómez F., Leandro T., Moreno-Paz M., Prieto-Ballesteros O., Molina A., Tornos F., Sánchez-Andrea I., Timmis K., Pieper D.H., Parro V. (2023) Coupled C, H, N, S and Fe biogeochemical cycles operating in the continental deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt Environmental Microbiology Feb; 25(2):428-453. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16291
Billi D., Blanco Y., Ianneo A., Moreno-Paz M., Aguirre J., Baqué M., Moeller R., de Vera J.P., Parro V. (2022) Mars-like UV Flux and Ionizing Radiation Differently Affect Biomarker Detectability in the Desert Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis as Revealed by the Life Detector Chip Antibody Microarray Astrobiology Oct; 22(10):1199-1209. doi: 10.1089/ast.2022.0013
Lezcano M.Á., Sánchez-García L., Quesada A., Carrizo D., Fernández-Martínez M.Á., Cavalcante-Silva E., Parro V. (2022) Comprehensive Metabolic and Taxonomic Reconstruction of an Ancient Microbial Mat From the McMurdo Ice Shelf (Antarctica) by Integrating Genetic, Metaproteomic and Lipid Biomarker Analyses Frontiers in Microbiology Apr; 13:799360. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.799360
Megevand V., Carrizo D., Lezcano M.Á., Moreno-Paz M., Cabrol N.A., Parro V., Sánchez-García L. (2022) Lipid Profiles From Fresh Biofilms Along a Temperature Gradient on a Hydrothermal Stream at El Tatio (Chilean Andes), as a Proxy for the Interpretation of Past and Present Biomarkers Beyond Earth Frontiers in Microbiol Jun; 13:811904. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.811904
Raymond-Bouchard I., Maggiori C., Brennan L., Altshuler I., Manchado J.M., Parro V., Whyte L.G. (2022) Assessment of Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Systems in Combination with MinION Sequencing As Potential Tools for the Detection of Microbial Biosignatures Astrobiology Jan; 22(1):87-103. doi: 10.1089/ast.2020.2349
- Sánchez-García L., Carrizo D., Lezcano M.Á., Moreno-Paz M., Aeppli C., García-Villadangos M., Prieto-Ballesteros O., Demergasso C., Chong G., Parro V. (2021) Time-Integrative Multibiomarker Detection in Triassic-Jurassic Rocks from the Atacama Desert: Relevance to the Search for Basic Life Beyond Earth Astrobiology Nov; 21(11):1421-1437. doi: 1089/ast.2020.2339
Fernández-Martínez M.Á., García-Villadangos M., Moreno-Paz M., Gangloff V., Carrizo D., Blanco Y., González S., Sánchez-García L., Prieto-Ballesteros O., Altshuler I., Whyte L.G., Parro V. (2021) Geomicrobiological Heterogeneity of Lithic Habitats in the Extreme Environment of Antarctic Nunataks: A Potential Early Mars Analog Frontiers in Microbiology July; 122: 670982
Glass B.J., Stoker C., Bergman D., Asher B., Eigenbrode J., Stucky T., McKay C., Parro V., Seitz S.J. (2021) The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS) Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments – Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments April; Pages 391 – 404
Gallardo-Carreño I., Moreno-Paz M., Aguirre J., Blanco Y., Alonso-Pintado E., Raymond-Bouchard I., Maggiori C., Rivas L.A., Engelbrektson A., Whyte L., Parro V. (2020) A Multiplex Immunosensor for Detecting Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria for Environmental Monitoring and Planetary Exploration. Frontiers in Microbiology Dec; 1116: 590736
Sánchez-García L., Carrizo D., Molina A., Muñoz-Iglesias V., Lezcano M.Á., Fernández-Sampedro M., Parro V., Prieto-Ballesteros O. (2020) Fingerprinting molecular and isotopic biosignatures on different hydrothermal scenarios of Iceland, an acidic and sulfur-rich Mars analog. Scientific Reports Dec; 10 (1):21196
Parro V., Mas-Hesse J.M., Gomez-Elvira J., Giménez Á., Pérez-Mercader J. (2020) Introduction – Centro de Astrobiología: 20 Years Building Astrobiology. Astrobiology Sep;20(9):1025-1028
Sánchez-García, L., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Moreno-Paz, M., Carrizo, D., García-Villadangos, M., Manchado, J.M., Stoker, C.R., Glass, B. and Parro, V. (2020) Simulating Mars Drilling Mission for Searching for Life: Ground-Truthing Lipids and Other Complex Microbial Biomarkers in the Iron-Sulfur Rich Río Tinto Analog. Astrobiology Sep;20(9):1029-1047
Fairén, A.G., Gómez-Elvira, J., Briones, C., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., López-Heredero, R., Belenguer, T., Moral, A.G., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V.(2020) The Complex Molecules Detector (CMOLD): A Fluidic-Based Instrument Suite to Search for (Bio)chemical Complexity on Mars and Icy Moons. Astrobiology Sep;20(9):1076-1096
Murray, A.E., Freudenstein, J., Gribaldo, S., Hatzenpichler, R., Hugenholtz, P., Kämpfer, P., Konstantinidis, K.T., Lane, C.E., Papke, R.T., Parks, D.H., Rossello-Mora, R., Stott, M.B., Sutcliffe, I.C., Thrash, J.C., Venter, S.N., Whitman, W.B., Acinas, S.G., Amann, R.I., Anantharaman, K., Armengaud, J., Baker, B.J., Barco, R.A., Bode, H.B., Boyd, E.S., Brady, C.L., Carini, P., Chain, P.S.G., Colman, D.R., DeAngelis, K.M., de Los Rios, M.A., Estrada-de Los Santos, P., Dunlap, C.A., Eisen, J.A., Emerson, D., Ettema, T.J.G., Eveillard, D., Girguis, P.R., Hentschel, U., Hollibaugh, J.T., Hug, L.A., Inskeep, W.P., Ivanova, E.P., Klenk, H-P., Li, W-J., Lloyd, K.G., Löffler, F.E., Makhalanyane, T.P., Moser, D.P., Nunoura, T., Palmer, M., Parro, V., Pedrós-Alió, C., Probst, A.J., Smits, T.H.M., Steen, A.D., Steenkamp, E.T., Spang, A., Stewart, F.J., Tiedje, J.M., Vandamme, P., Wagner, M., Wang, F-P., Hedlund, B.P. and Reysenbach, A-L. (2020) Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. Nat Microbiol. Aug;5(8):987-994
Maggiori, C., Stromberg, J., Blanco, Y., Goordial, J., Cloutis, E., García-Villadangos, M., Parro, V. and Whyte, L. (2020) The Limits, Capabilities, and Potential for Life Detection with MinION Sequencing in a Paleochannel Mars Analog. Astrobiology Mar;20(3):375-393
García-Descalzo, L., Parro, V., García-Villadangos, M., Cockell, C.S., Moissl-Eichinger, C., Perras, A., Rettberg, P., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., Bohmeier, M., Rabbow, E., Westall, F., Gaboyer, F., Amils, R., Malki, M., Marteinsson, V., Vannier, P., Ehrenfreund, P., Monaghan, E., Riedo, A., Cabezas, P., Walter, N. and Gómez-Gómez, F. (2019) Microbial Markers Profile in Anaerobic Mars Analogue Environments Using the LDChip (Life Detector Chip) Antibody Microarray Core of the SOLID (Signs of Life Detector) Platform. Microorganisms 18;7(9):365
Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Dos Santos Severino, R., Moreno-Paz, M., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Blanco, Y., Warren-Rhodes, K., García-Villadangos, M., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Barberán, A., Wettergreen, D., Cabrol, N.A. and Parro, V. (2019) 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. Front Microbiol. 10:1641
Lezcano, M.Á., Moreno-Paz, M., Carrizo, D., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Sánchez-García, L., Blanco, Y., Puente-Sánchez, F., de Diego-Castilla, G., García-Villadangos, M., Fairén, A.G. and Parro, V. (2019) Biomarker Profiling of Microbial Mats in the Geothermal Band of Cerro Caliente, Deception Island (Antarctica): Life at the Edge of Heat and cold.. Astrobiology Jul 24. doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.2004
Tilot, V.C., Cabrol, N.A., Parro, V., Fairén, A.G., G.Ormond, R.F., Moreno-Ostos, E., Lopez-Gonzalez, N.,, Figueroa, F.A., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Smith, E.W., Sobrón, P., Demergasso, C.S., Tambley, C.R., and Robidart, J. (2019) A Test in a High Altitude Lake of a Multi-Parametric Rapid Methodology for Assessing Life in Liquid Environments on Planetary Bodies: A Potential New Freshwater Polychaete Tubeworm Community. Front. in Environmental Science 7,70. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00070
Martin-Cuadrado, A.B., Senel, E., Martínez-García, M., Cifuentes, A., Santos, F., Almansa, C., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., García-Villadangos, M., Del Cura, M.Á., Sanz-Montero, M.E., Rodríguez-Aranda, J.P., Rosselló-Móra, R., Antón, J. and Parro, V. (2019) Prokaryotic and viral community of the sulfate-rich crust from Peñahueca ephemeral lake, an astrobiology analogue. Environ Microbiol. 21(10):3577-3600
Parro, V., Puente-Sánchez., F., Cabrol, N.A., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., García-Villadangos, M., Tambley, C.R., Tilot, V.C., Thompson, C., Smith, A., Sobrón, P., Demergasso, C.S., Echeverría-Vega, A., Fernández-Martínez, M.A., Whyte, L.G. and Fairén, A.G. (2019) Microbiology and Nitrogen Cycle in the Benthic Sediments of a Glacial Oligotrophic Deep Andean Lake as Analog of Ancient Martian Lake-Beds. Front. Microbiol. 10:929
Sánchez-García, L., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., García-Villadangos, M., Blanco, Y., Cady, S.L., Hinman, N., Bowden, M.E., Pointing, S.B., Lee, K.C., Warren-Rhodes, K., Lacap-Bugler, D., Cabrol, N.A., Parro V. and Carrizo, D. (2019) Microbial Biomarker Transition in High-Altitude Sinter Mounds From El Tatio (Chile) Through Different Stages of Hydrothermal Activity. Front. Microbiol. 9:3350
Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., González-Toril, E., Ruíz-Bermejo, M., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V., Palacín, A., Aguilera, A. and Puente-Sánchez, F. (2019) Environmental parameters, and not phylogeny, determine the composition of extracellular polymeric substances in microbial mats from extreme environments. Science of The Total Environment 650(1):384-393
Blanco, Y., de Diego-Castilla, G., Viúdez-Moreiras, D., Cavalcante-Silva, E., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Davila, A.F., McKay, C.P. and Parro V. (2018) Effects of Gamma and Electron Radiation on the Structural Integrity of Organic Molecules and Macromolecular Biomarkers Measured by Microarray Immunoassays and Their Astrobiological Implications. Astrobiology 18(12):1497–1516
Azua-Bustos, A., Fairén, A.G., González-Silva, C., Ascaso, C., Carrizo, D., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Fernández-Sampedro, M., García-Descalzo, L., García-Villadangos, M., Martín-Redondo, M.P., Sánchez-García, L., Wierzchos, J. and Parro, V. (2018) Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert. Scientific Reports 8:16706
Puente-Sánchez, F., Arce-Rodríguez, A., Oggerin, M., García-Villadangos, M., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., Rodríguez, N., Bird, L., Lincoln, S.A., Tornos, F., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Freeman, K.H., Pieper, D.H., Timmis, K.N., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2018) Viable cyanobacteria in the deep continental subsurface. PNAS October 16 115(42):10702-10707
Sánchez-García, L., Aeppli, C., Parro, V., Fernández-Remolar, D., García-Villadangos, M., Chong-Diaz, G., Blanco, Y. and Carrizo, D. (2018) Molecular biomarkers in the subsurface of the Salar Grande (Atacama, Chile) evaporitic deposits. Biogeochemistry 140(1):31-52
Moreno-Paz, M., Gómez-Cifuentes, A., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Hofstetter, O., Maquieira, Á., Manchado, J.M., Morais, S., Sephton, M.A., Niessner, R., Knopp, D. and Parro V. (2018) Detecting Nonvolatile Life- and Nonlife-Derived Organics in a Carbonaceous Chondrite Analogue with a New Multiplex Immunoassay and Its Relevance for Planetary Exploration. Astrobiology 18(8):1041–1056
Wilhelm, M.B., Dávila, A.F., Parenteau, M.N., Jahnke, L.L., Abate, M., Cooper, G., Kelly, E.T., Parro, V., García-Villadangos, M., Blanco, Y., Glass, B., Wray, J.J., Eigenbrode, J.L., Summons, R.E. and Warren-Rhodes, K. (2018) Constraints on the Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms in Atacama Surface Soils Inferred from Refractory Biomarkers: Implications for Martian Habitability and Biomarker Detection. Astrobiology 18(7):955-966.
Puente-Sánchez, F., González-Silva, C., Parro, V., Tamames, J. and Azua-Bustos, A. (2018) Draft Genome Sequence of the Extremely Desiccation-Tolerant Cyanobacterium Gloeocapsopsis sp. Strain AAB1. Genome Announc. 6(17):e00216-18
Schulze-Makuch, D., Wagner, D., Kounaves, S.P., Mangelsdorf, K., Devine, K.G., de Vera, J-P., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Grossart, H-P., Parro, V., , Kaupenjohann, M., Galy, A., Schneider, B., Airo, A., Frösler, J., Davila, A.F., Arens, F.L., Cáceres, L., Solís-Cornejo, F., Carrizo, D., Dartnell, L., DiRuggiero, J., Flury, M., Ganzert, L., Gessner, M.O., Grathwohl, P., Guan, L., Heinz, J., Hess, M., Keppler, F., Maus, D., McKay, C.P., Meckenstock, R.U., Montgomery, W, Oberlin, E.A., Probst, A.J., Sáenz, J.S., Sattler, T., Schirmack, J., Sephton, M.A., Schloter, M., Uhl, J., Valenzuela, B., Vestergaard, G., Wörmer, L. and Zamorano P. (2018) Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. PNAS March 13 115(11): 2670-2675
Parro, V., Blanco, Y., Puente-Sánchez, F., Rivas, L.A., Moreno-Paz, M., Echeverría, A., Chong-Díaz, G., Demergasso, C. and Cabrol, N.A. (2018) Biomarkers and Metabolic Patterns in the Sediments of Evolving Glacial Lakes as a Proxy for Planetary Lake Exploration. Astrobiology 18(5):586-606
Echeverría-Vega, A., Chong, G., Serrano, A.E., Guajardo, M., Encalada, O., Parro, V., Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., Rose, K.C., Moreno-Paz, M., Luque, J.A., Cabrol, N.A. and Demergasso, C. (2018) Watershed-Induced Limnological and Microbial Status in Two Oligotrophic Andean Lakes Exposed to the Same Climatic Scenario. Frontiers in Microbiology 2018(9):357
Fairén, A.G., Parro, V., Schulze-Makuch, D. and Whyte, L. (2018) Is searching for martian life a priority for the mars community?. Astrobiology 18(2): 101–107
Urbina, D.A., Kumar-Madakashira, H., Martinez-Gonzalez, X., Van Lierde, B., Vögele, T., Imhof, A.B., Taillebot, V., Weiss, P., Gobert, T., Fossum, K. and Parro, V. (2017) Analogue capabilities for human-in-the-loop simulations of surface operations in training and research. 68th International Astronautical Congress B3/5/4:41363
Imhof, A.B., Davenport, R., Weiss, P., Urbina, D.A., Vögele, T., Parro V., Hogle, M., Nottle, A. and Royrvik, J. (2017) Project Moonwalk: lessons learnt from testing human robot collaboration scenarios in a lunar and Martian simulation. 68th International Astronautical Congress B3/6-A5.3:38010
Blanco, Y., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Puente-Sánchez, F., Cavalcante-Silva, E., Quesada, A., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., and Parro, V. (2017) Critical Assessment of Analytical Techniques in the Search for Biomarkers on Mars: A Mummified Microbial Mat from Antarctica as a Best-Case Scenario. Astrobiology 17(10): 955–955.
Fairén, A.G., Parro, V., Schulze-Makuch, D. and Whyte, L., (2017) Searching for Life on Mars Before It Is Too Late. Astrobiology 17(10): 955–955
Blanco, Y., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V. (2017) Experimental protocol for detecting Cyanobacteria in liquid and solid samples with an antibody microarray chip. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2017(120):e54994
Martín, V., Perales, C., Fernández-Algar, M., Dos Santos, H.G., Garrido, P., Pernas, M., Parro, V., Moreno, M., García-Pérez, J., Alcamí, J., Torán, J.L., Abia, D., Domingo, E. and Briones, C. (2016) An efficient microarray-based genotyping platform for the identification of drug-resistance mutations in majority and minority subpopulations of HIV-1 quasispecies. PLoS ONE 11(12):e0166902
Geidel, S., Llopis, S.P., Rodrigo, M., de Diego-Castilla, G., Sousa, A., Nestler, J., Otto, T., Gessner, T. and Parro, V. (2016) Integration of an optical ring resonator biosensor into a self-contained microfluidic cartridge with active, single-shot micropumps. Micromachines 7(9):153
Cheng, Z.Y., Fernández-Remolar, D.C., Izawa, M.R.M., Applin, D.M., Chong Díaz, M., Fernandez-Sampedro, M.T., García-Villadangos, M., Huang, T., Xiao, L. and Parro, V. (2016) Oxalate formation under the hyperarid conditions of the Atacama desert as a mineral marker to provide clues to the source of organic carbon on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121(6):1593-1604
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Domínguez, M., Parro, V., Jiménez, M., Molina, R. and Larraga, V. (2016) Influence of the Microenvironment in the Transcriptome of Leishmania infantum Promastigotes: Sand Fly versus Culture. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10(5):e0004693
Puente-Sánchez, F., Olsson, S., Gómez-Rodriguez, M., Souza-Egipsy, V., Altamirano-Jeschke, M., Amils, R., Parro, V. and Aguilera, A. (2016) Solar Radiation Stress in Natural Acidophilic Biofilms of Euglena mutabilis Revealed by Metatranscriptomics and PAM Fluorometry. Protist 167(1):67-81
Puente-Sánchez, F., Aguirre, J. and Parro, V. (2016) A novel conceptual approach to read-filtering in high-throughput amplicon sequencing studies. Nucleic Acids Res. 44(4):e40
Sanchez-Roman, M., Puente-Sanchez, F., Parro, V. and Amils, R. (2015) Nucleation of Fe-rich phosphates and carbonates on microbial cells and exopolymeric substances. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1024
Diaz-Maldonado, H., Gomez, M.J., Moreno-Paz, M., San Martín-Uriz, P., Amils, R., Parro, V. and de Saro, F.J.L. (2015) Transposase interaction with the beta sliding clamp: effects on insertion sequence proliferation and transposition rate. Scientific Reports 5:13329
Schulze-Makuch, D., Rummel, J.D., Benner, S.A., Levin, G., Parro, V. and Kounaves, S. (2015) Nearly Forty Years after Viking: Are We Ready for a New Life-Detection Mission?.Astrobiology 15(6):413-419
Blanco, Y., Quesada, A., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Aguirre, J. and Parro, V. (2015) CYANOCHIP: an antibody microarray for high-taxonomical-resolution cyanobacterial monitoring.. Enviromental Science & Technology 49(3):1611-1620
Fernandez-Remolar, D.C., Santamaria, J., Amils, R., Parro, V., Gomez-Ortiz, D., Izawa, M.R.M., Banerjee, N.R., Rodriguez, R.P., Rodriguez, N. and Lopez-Martínez, N. (2015) Formation of iron-rich shelled structures by microbial communities. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 120(1):147-168
Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., García-Moyano, A., Aguirre, J., Cruz-Gil, P., Palacín, A., van Heerden, E. and Parro, V. (2014) Deciphering the Prokaryotic Community and Metabolisms in South African Deep-Mine Biofilms through Antibody Microarrays and Graph Theory. PLoS One 9(12):e114180
Puente-Sanchez, F., Sanchez-Roman, M., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2014) Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus sp nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the deep subsurface of the Iberian pyrite belt. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64(10):3546-3552
Martínez-Garcia, M., Santos, F., Moreno-Paz, M., Parro, V. and Anton, J. (2014) Unveiling viral-host interactions within the ‘microbial dark matter’. Nature Communications 5:4542
McKay, C.P., and Parro, V. (2014) How to search for life on Mars. Scientific American 310: 44-49.
Puente-Sánchez, F., Moreno-Paz, M., Rivas, L.A., Cruz-Gil, P., García-Villadangos, M., Gómez, M.J., Postigo, M., Garrido, P., González-Toril, E., Briones, C., Fernández-Remolar, D., Stoker, C., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2014) Deep subsurface sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in the Iberian Pyrite Belt revealed through geochemistry and molecular biomarkers. Geobiology 12(1):34-47
Santos, F., Martínez-García, M., Parro, V., and Antón, J. (2014) Microarray tools to unveil viral-microbe interactions in nature. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2: Art 31
Fernández-Remolar, D.C., Chong-Díaz, G., Ruíz-Bermejo, M., Harir, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Tziotis, D., Gómez-Ortíz, D., García-Villadangos, M., Martín-Redondo, M.P., Gómez, F., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Moreno-Paz, M., de Diego-Castilla, G., Echeverría, A., Urtuvia, V.N., Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., Izawa, M.R.M., Banerjee, N.R., Demergasso, C. and Parro, V. (2013) Molecular preservation in halite and perchlorate rich hypersaline subsurface deposits in the Salar Grande basin (Atacama Desert, Chile):implications for the search molecular biomarkers on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 118 (2): 922-939
Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., Ruiz-Bermejo, M. and Parro, V. (2013) Immunological detection of mellitic acid in the Atacama desert: Implication for organics detection on Mars. Icarus 224 (2):326-333
McKay, C.P., Stoker, C.R., Glass, B.J., Davé, A.I., Davila, A.F., Heldmann, J.L., Marinova, M.M., Fairen, A.G., Quinn, R.C., Zacny, K.A., Paulsen, G., Smith, P.H., Parro, V., Andersen, D.T., Hecht, M.H., Lacelle, D. and Pollard, W.H. (2013).The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life. Astrobiology 13 (4):334-353
Palacín, A., Gómez-Casado, C., Rivas, L.A., Aguirre, J., Tordesillas, L., Bartra, J., Blanco, C., Carrillo, T., Cuesta-Herranz, J., de Frutos, C., Alvarez-Eire, G.G., Fernández, F.J., Gamboa, P., Muñoz, R., Sánchez-Monge, R., Sirvent, S., Torres, M.J., Varela-Losada, S., Rodríguez, R., Parro, V., Blanca, M., Salcedo, G. and Díaz-Perales, A. (2012) Graph based study of allergen cross-reactivity of plant lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) using microarray in a multicenter study. PLoS One 7(12):e50799
Palacín, A., Rivas, L.A., Gómez-Casado, C., Aguirre, J., Tordesillas, L., Bartra, J., Blanco, C., Carrillo, T., Cuesta-Herranz, J., Bonny, J.A., Flores, E., García-Alvarez-Eire, M.G., García-Nuñez, I., Fernández, F.J., Gamboa, P., Muñoz, R., Sánchez-Monge, R., Torres, M., Losada, S.V., Villalba, M., Vega, F., Parro, V., Blanca, M., Salcedo, G. and Díaz-Perales, A. (2012) The involvement of thaumatin like proteins in plant food cross-reactivity: a multicenter study using a specific protein microarray. PLoS One. 7(9):e44088
Blanco, Y., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Gómez, M.J., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M.,Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Cruz-Gil, P., Sánchez-Román, M.,Rivas, L.A. and Parro,V. (2012) Prokaryotic communities and operating metabolisms in the surface and the permafrost of Deception Island(Antarctica). Environ. Microbiol 14(9): 2495-510
Levicán, G., Gómez, M.J., Chávez, R., Orellana, O., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V. (2012) Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Novel Facts about Leptospirillum spp. Cytochromes. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 22 : 94-104
Santos, F., Yarza, P., Parro, V., Meseguer, I., Rosselló-Móra, R. and Antón, J. (2012) Culture-independent approaches for studying viruses from hypersaline environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 78(6):1635-43
Colín-García, M., Kanawati, B., Harir, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Amils, R., Parro, V., García, M. and Fernández-Remolar, D. (2011) Detection of peptidic sequences in the ancient acidic sediments of río Tinto, Spain. Orig Life Evol Biosph 41(6):523-7
Rivas, L.A., Aguirre, J., Blanco, Y., González-Toril, E., and Parro, V. (2011) Graph-based deconvolution analysis of multiplex sandwich microarray immunoassays: applications for environmental monitoring. Environmental Microbiology 13:1421-32
Santos, F., Moreno, M., Meseguer, I., López, C., Rosselló-Mora, R., Parro, V. and Antón, J. (2011) Metatranscriptomic analysis of extremely halophilic viral communities. ISME J 5(10):1621-33
de Diego-Castilla, G., Cruz-Gil, P., Mateo-Martí, E., Fernández-Calvo, P., Rivas, L.A. and Parro, V. (2011). Assessing antibody microarrays for space missions: effect of long-term storage, gamma radiation, and temperature shifts on printed and fluorescently labelled antibodies. Astrobiology 11(8):759-73
Parro, V., de Diego-Castilla, G., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., Cruz-Gil, P., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Fernández-Remolar, D., Gómez, F., Gómez, M.J., Rivas, L.A., Demergasso, C., Echeverría, A., Urtuvia, V.N., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., García-Villadangos, M., Postigo, M., Sánchez-Román, M., Chong-Díaz, G. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2011) A microbial oasis in the hypersaline Atacama subsurface discovered by a life detector chip: implications for the search for life on Mars. Astrobiology 11(10): 969-96
Parro, V., de Diego-Castilla, G., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Rivas, L.A., Blanco-López, Y., Sebastián, E., Romeral, J., Compostizo, C., Herrero, P.L., García-Marín, A., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M., Cruz-Gil, P., Peinado, V., Martín-Soler, J., Pérez-Mercader, J., and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2011) SOLID3, a multiplexantibody microarray-based optical sensor instrument for in situ life detection in planetary exploration. Astrobiology 11:15-28
Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Vorobyova, E., Parro, V., Rodriguez Manfredi, J.A. and Gómez, F. (2011). Strategies for detection of putative life on Europa. Advances in Space Research 48 (4): 678-688
Gómez, F., Walter, N., Amils, R., Rull, F., Klingelhöfer, A.K., Kviderova, J., Sarrazin, P., Foing, B., Behar, A., Fleischer, I.,Parro, V., Garcia-Villadangos, M., Blake, D., Martín Ramos,J.D., Direito, S., Mahapatra, P., Stam, C., Venkateswaran, K. and Voytek,M. (2011) Multidisciplinary integrated field campaign to an acidic Martian Earth analogue with astrobiological interest: Rio Tinto. International J. Astrobiology 10 (3):291-305
Parro, V., Fernández-Remolar, D., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Cruz-Gil, P., Rivas, L.A., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M., Gómez-Ortiz, D., Blanco-López, Y., Menor-Salván, C., Prieto-Ballesteros, O. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2011) Classification of Modern and Old Río Tinto Sedimentary Deposits Through the Biomolecular Record Using a Life Marker Biochip: Implications for Detecting Life on Mars. Astrobiology 11:29-44 (Cover of the issue)
Moreno-Paz, M., Gómez, M.J., Arcas, A. and Parro, V. (2010) Environmental transcriptome analysis reveals physiological differences between biofilm and planktonic modes of life of the iron oxidizing bacteria Leptospirillum spp. in their natural microbial community. BMC Genomics 11:404
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Gómez, M.J., Moreno, I., Domínguez, M., Parro, V. and Larraga, V. (2010) Transcriptomics throughout the life cycle of Leishmania infantum: high down-regulation rate in the amastigote stage. Int JParasitol. 2010 Nov;40(13):1497-516
Santos, F., Yarza, P., Parro, V., Briones, C., and Antón, J. (2010) The metavirome of a hypersaline environment. Environ.Microbiol. 12(11):2965-2976
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Gómez, M.J., Sánchez-Gorostiaga, A., Moreno-Paz, M., González-Pastor, E., Toraño, A., Parro, V. and Larraga, V. (2010) Temperature increase prevails over acidification in the gene expression modulation of amastigote differentiation in Leishmania infantum. BMC Genomics 11(1):31
Parro, V. Antibody microarray for environmental monitoring. In Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. K. Timmis (Ed.).Springer-Verlag,Berlin Heidelberg 2010. ISBN:978-3-540-77588-1. Vol. 3, Part 3, Chapter 22. pp 2700-2710
Remonsellez, F., Galleguillos, F., Moreno-Paz, M., Parro, V., Acosta, M., and Demergasso, C. (2009) Dynamic of active microorganisms inhabiting a bioleaching industrial heap of low-grade copper sulfide ore monitored by Real-time PCR and oligonucleotide Prokaryotic Acidophile Microarray (PAM). Microbial Biotechnology 2:613-626
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Sánchez-Gorostiaga, A., Moreno-Paz, M., Gómez, M.J., Ramos, I., Parro, V. and Larraga, V. (2009) Genome-wide analysis reveals increased levels of transcripts related with infectivity inpeanut lectin non-agglutinated promastigotes of Leishmania infantum. Genomics 93(6):551-64
Parro, V., Fernández-Calvo, P. , Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Moreno-Paz, M., Rivas, L.A., García-Villadangos, M., Bonaccorsi, R., González-Pastor, J.E., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Schuerger, A.C., Davidson, M., Gómez-Elvira, J. and Stoker, C. (2008) SOLID2:An antibody array-based life detector instrument in a Mars Drilling Simulation Experiment (MARTE). Astrobiology 8(5):987-99
Stoker, C.R., Cannon, H., Dunagan, S., Lemke, L.G., Miller, D., Gómez-Elvira, J., Glass, B., Davis, K., Zavaleta, J., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Fernández, D., Parro, V., Bonaccorsi, R., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Bell, M.S., Brown, A., Battler, M., Chen, B., Cooper, G., Davidson, M., Martínez-Frias, J., González-Pastor, E., Sutter, B. and Schutt J. (2008) The 2005 MARTE Robotic Drilling Experiment in Rio Tinto Spain: Objectives, Approach, and Results of a Simulated Mission to Search for Life in the Martian Subsurface. Astrobiology 8(5):921-45
Rivas, L.A., García-Villadangos, M., Moreno-Paz, M., Cruz-Gil, P., Gómez-Elvira, J., and Parro, V. (2008). A 200-Antibody Microarray Biochip for Environmental Monitoring: Searching for Universal Microbial Biomarkers through Immunoprofiling. Anal Chem. 80 (21): 7970–7979
Garrido, P., González-Toril, E., García-Moyano, A., Moreno-Paz, M., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2008) An oligonucleotide prokaryotic acidophile microarray: its validation and its use to monitor seasonal variations in extreme acidic environments with total environmental RNA. Environmental Microbiology 10(4):836-50.
Parro, V., Rivas, L.A., and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2008) Protein Microarrays-based strategies for life detection in astrobiology. Space Sci Rev 135: 293–311
Parnell, J., Cullen, D., Sims, M.R., Bowden, S., Cockell, C.S., Court, R., Ehrenfreund, P., Gaubert, F., Grant, W., Parro, V., Rohmer, M., Sephton, M., Stan-Lotter, H., Steele, A., Toporski, J. and Vago, J. (2007) Searching for life on Mars: selection of molecular targets for ESA’s aurora ExoMars mission. Astrobiology 4: 578-604
Parro, V., Moreno-Paz, M., and González-Toril, E. (2007) Analysis of environmental transcriptomes by DNA microarrays. Environmental Microbiology 9: 453-464
Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V. (2006). Amplification of low quantity bacterial RNA for Microarray studies: time-course analysis of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans under nitrogen-fixing conditions. Environmental Microbiology 8:1064-1073
Fernández-Calvo, P., Rivas, L.A., Näke, C., García-Villadangos, M., Gómez-Elvira, J., and Parro, V. (2006) A multi-array competitive immunoassay for the detection of broad-range molecular size organic compounds relevant for astrobiology. Planetary and Space Science 54: 1612-1621
Parro, V., Rodriguez Manfredi, J.A., Rivas, L.A., Compostizo, C., Herrero, P.L., Sebastian, E., Moreno-Paz, M., Garcia-Villadangos, M., Fernandez-Calvo, P., Briones, C. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2006). Solid: an antibody microarray-based instrument for life detection and planetary exploration. 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC-06-A3.P.3.08
Parro, V., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Briones, C., Compostizo, C., Herrero, P.L., Vez, E., Sebastián, E., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M., Fernández-Calvo, P., González-Toril, E., Pérez-Mercader, J., Fernández-Remolar, D. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2005) Instrument development for biomarker search on Mars: acidophile, iron powered chemolithoautotrophic communities as terrestrial model system. Planetary and Space Science 53:729-737.
Parro, V., Moreno-Paz, M., Bastolla, U., Briones, C., Garcia, M., and Fernández-Remolar, D. (2004). The Iron oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans as a model for biomarker search on Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 68: A806-A806
Parro, V., and Moreno-Paz, M. (2004). Gene function analysis in extremophiles: the nif regulon of the strict iron oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP 545: 51-53
Gómez-Elvira, J., Holm, N., Briones, C., Cockell, C., Compostizo, C., Dumont, M., Gómez, F., Parro, V., Sebastián, E., Steele, A. and Toporski, J. (2004). ‘Molecular biology for life detection (MoBiLD) on Mars’. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP 545: 123-126
Parro, V. and Moreno-Paz, M. (2003). Gene function analysis in environmental isolates: the nif regulon of the strict iron oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:7883-7888

Fernández-Martínez M.Á., García-Villadangos M., Moreno-Paz M., Gangloff V., Carrizo D., Blanco Y., González S., Sánchez-García L., Prieto-Ballesteros O., Altshuler I., Whyte L.G., Parro V. (2021) Geomicrobiological Heterogeneity of Lithic Habitats in the Extreme Environment of Antarctic Nunataks: A Potential Early Mars Analog Frontiers in Microbiology July; 122: 670982
Glass B.J., Stoker C., Bergman D., Asher B., Eigenbrode J., Stucky T., McKay C., Parro V., Seitz S.J. (2021) The Icebreaker Sample Acquisition System (SAS) Earth and Space 2021: Space Exploration, Utilization, Engineering, and Construction in Extreme Environments – Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments April; Pages 391 – 404
Gallardo-Carreño I., Moreno-Paz M., Aguirre J., Blanco Y., Alonso-Pintado E., Raymond-Bouchard I., Maggiori C., Rivas L.A., Engelbrektson A., Whyte L., Parro V. (2020) A Multiplex Immunosensor for Detecting Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria for Environmental Monitoring and Planetary Exploration. Frontiers in Microbiology Dec; 1116: 590736
Sánchez-García L., Carrizo D., Molina A., Muñoz-Iglesias V., Lezcano M.Á., Fernández-Sampedro M., Parro V., Prieto-Ballesteros O. (2020) Fingerprinting molecular and isotopic biosignatures on different hydrothermal scenarios of Iceland, an acidic and sulfur-rich Mars analog. Scientific Reports Dec; 10 (1):21196
Parro V., Mas-Hesse J.M., Gomez-Elvira J., Giménez Á., Pérez-Mercader J. (2020) Introduction – Centro de Astrobiología: 20 Years Building Astrobiology. Astrobiology Sep;20(9):1025-1028
Sánchez-García, L., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Moreno-Paz, M., Carrizo, D., García-Villadangos, M., Manchado, J.M., Stoker, C.R., Glass, B. and Parro, V. (2020) Simulating Mars Drilling Mission for Searching for Life: Ground-Truthing Lipids and Other Complex Microbial Biomarkers in the Iron-Sulfur Rich Río Tinto Analog. Astrobiology Sep;20(9):1029-1047
Fairén, A.G., Gómez-Elvira, J., Briones, C., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., López-Heredero, R., Belenguer, T., Moral, A.G., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V.(2020) The Complex Molecules Detector (CMOLD): A Fluidic-Based Instrument Suite to Search for (Bio)chemical Complexity on Mars and Icy Moons. Astrobiology Sep;20(9):1076-1096
Murray, A.E., Freudenstein, J., Gribaldo, S., Hatzenpichler, R., Hugenholtz, P., Kämpfer, P., Konstantinidis, K.T., Lane, C.E., Papke, R.T., Parks, D.H., Rossello-Mora, R., Stott, M.B., Sutcliffe, I.C., Thrash, J.C., Venter, S.N., Whitman, W.B., Acinas, S.G., Amann, R.I., Anantharaman, K., Armengaud, J., Baker, B.J., Barco, R.A., Bode, H.B., Boyd, E.S., Brady, C.L., Carini, P., Chain, P.S.G., Colman, D.R., DeAngelis, K.M., de Los Rios, M.A., Estrada-de Los Santos, P., Dunlap, C.A., Eisen, J.A., Emerson, D., Ettema, T.J.G., Eveillard, D., Girguis, P.R., Hentschel, U., Hollibaugh, J.T., Hug, L.A., Inskeep, W.P., Ivanova, E.P., Klenk, H-P., Li, W-J., Lloyd, K.G., Löffler, F.E., Makhalanyane, T.P., Moser, D.P., Nunoura, T., Palmer, M., Parro, V., Pedrós-Alió, C., Probst, A.J., Smits, T.H.M., Steen, A.D., Steenkamp, E.T., Spang, A., Stewart, F.J., Tiedje, J.M., Vandamme, P., Wagner, M., Wang, F-P., Hedlund, B.P. and Reysenbach, A-L. (2020) Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. Nat Microbiol. Aug;5(8):987-994
Maggiori, C., Stromberg, J., Blanco, Y., Goordial, J., Cloutis, E., García-Villadangos, M., Parro, V. and Whyte, L. (2020) The Limits, Capabilities, and Potential for Life Detection with MinION Sequencing in a Paleochannel Mars Analog. Astrobiology Mar;20(3):375-393
García-Descalzo, L., Parro, V., García-Villadangos, M., Cockell, C.S., Moissl-Eichinger, C., Perras, A., Rettberg, P., Beblo-Vranesevic, K., Bohmeier, M., Rabbow, E., Westall, F., Gaboyer, F., Amils, R., Malki, M., Marteinsson, V., Vannier, P., Ehrenfreund, P., Monaghan, E., Riedo, A., Cabezas, P., Walter, N. and Gómez-Gómez, F. (2019) Microbial Markers Profile in Anaerobic Mars Analogue Environments Using the LDChip (Life Detector Chip) Antibody Microarray Core of the SOLID (Signs of Life Detector) Platform. Microorganisms 18;7(9):365
Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Dos Santos Severino, R., Moreno-Paz, M., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Blanco, Y., Warren-Rhodes, K., García-Villadangos, M., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Barberán, A., Wettergreen, D., Cabrol, N.A. and Parro, V. (2019) 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. Front Microbiol. 10:1641
Lezcano, M.Á., Moreno-Paz, M., Carrizo, D., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Sánchez-García, L., Blanco, Y., Puente-Sánchez, F., de Diego-Castilla, G., García-Villadangos, M., Fairén, A.G. and Parro, V. (2019) Biomarker Profiling of Microbial Mats in the Geothermal Band of Cerro Caliente, Deception Island (Antarctica): Life at the Edge of Heat and cold.. Astrobiology Jul 24. doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.2004
Tilot, V.C., Cabrol, N.A., Parro, V., Fairén, A.G., G.Ormond, R.F., Moreno-Ostos, E., Lopez-Gonzalez, N.,, Figueroa, F.A., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Smith, E.W., Sobrón, P., Demergasso, C.S., Tambley, C.R., and Robidart, J. (2019) A Test in a High Altitude Lake of a Multi-Parametric Rapid Methodology for Assessing Life in Liquid Environments on Planetary Bodies: A Potential New Freshwater Polychaete Tubeworm Community. Front. in Environmental Science 7,70. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00070
Martin-Cuadrado, A.B., Senel, E., Martínez-García, M., Cifuentes, A., Santos, F., Almansa, C., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., García-Villadangos, M., Del Cura, M.Á., Sanz-Montero, M.E., Rodríguez-Aranda, J.P., Rosselló-Móra, R., Antón, J. and Parro, V. (2019) Prokaryotic and viral community of the sulfate-rich crust from Peñahueca ephemeral lake, an astrobiology analogue. Environ Microbiol. 21(10):3577-3600
Parro, V., Puente-Sánchez., F., Cabrol, N.A., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., García-Villadangos, M., Tambley, C.R., Tilot, V.C., Thompson, C., Smith, A., Sobrón, P., Demergasso, C.S., Echeverría-Vega, A., Fernández-Martínez, M.A., Whyte, L.G. and Fairén, A.G. (2019) Microbiology and Nitrogen Cycle in the Benthic Sediments of a Glacial Oligotrophic Deep Andean Lake as Analog of Ancient Martian Lake-Beds. Front. Microbiol. 10:929
Sánchez-García, L., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., García-Villadangos, M., Blanco, Y., Cady, S.L., Hinman, N., Bowden, M.E., Pointing, S.B., Lee, K.C., Warren-Rhodes, K., Lacap-Bugler, D., Cabrol, N.A., Parro V. and Carrizo, D. (2019) Microbial Biomarker Transition in High-Altitude Sinter Mounds From El Tatio (Chile) Through Different Stages of Hydrothermal Activity. Front. Microbiol. 9:3350
Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., González-Toril, E., Ruíz-Bermejo, M., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V., Palacín, A., Aguilera, A. and Puente-Sánchez, F. (2019) Environmental parameters, and not phylogeny, determine the composition of extracellular polymeric substances in microbial mats from extreme environments. Science of The Total Environment 650(1):384-393
Blanco, Y., de Diego-Castilla, G., Viúdez-Moreiras, D., Cavalcante-Silva, E., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Davila, A.F., McKay, C.P. and Parro V. (2018) Effects of Gamma and Electron Radiation on the Structural Integrity of Organic Molecules and Macromolecular Biomarkers Measured by Microarray Immunoassays and Their Astrobiological Implications. Astrobiology 18(12):1497–1516
Azua-Bustos, A., Fairén, A.G., González-Silva, C., Ascaso, C., Carrizo, D., Fernández-Martínez, M.Á., Fernández-Sampedro, M., García-Descalzo, L., García-Villadangos, M., Martín-Redondo, M.P., Sánchez-García, L., Wierzchos, J. and Parro, V. (2018) Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert. Scientific Reports 8:16706
Puente-Sánchez, F., Arce-Rodríguez, A., Oggerin, M., García-Villadangos, M., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., Rodríguez, N., Bird, L., Lincoln, S.A., Tornos, F., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Freeman, K.H., Pieper, D.H., Timmis, K.N., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2018) Viable cyanobacteria in the deep continental subsurface. PNAS October 16 115(42):10702-10707
Sánchez-García, L., Aeppli, C., Parro, V., Fernández-Remolar, D., García-Villadangos, M., Chong-Diaz, G., Blanco, Y. and Carrizo, D. (2018) Molecular biomarkers in the subsurface of the Salar Grande (Atacama, Chile) evaporitic deposits. Biogeochemistry 140(1):31-52
Moreno-Paz, M., Gómez-Cifuentes, A., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Hofstetter, O., Maquieira, Á., Manchado, J.M., Morais, S., Sephton, M.A., Niessner, R., Knopp, D. and Parro V. (2018) Detecting Nonvolatile Life- and Nonlife-Derived Organics in a Carbonaceous Chondrite Analogue with a New Multiplex Immunoassay and Its Relevance for Planetary Exploration. Astrobiology 18(8):1041–1056
Wilhelm, M.B., Dávila, A.F., Parenteau, M.N., Jahnke, L.L., Abate, M., Cooper, G., Kelly, E.T., Parro, V., García-Villadangos, M., Blanco, Y., Glass, B., Wray, J.J., Eigenbrode, J.L., Summons, R.E. and Warren-Rhodes, K. (2018) Constraints on the Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms in Atacama Surface Soils Inferred from Refractory Biomarkers: Implications for Martian Habitability and Biomarker Detection. Astrobiology 18(7):955-966.
Puente-Sánchez, F., González-Silva, C., Parro, V., Tamames, J. and Azua-Bustos, A. (2018) Draft Genome Sequence of the Extremely Desiccation-Tolerant Cyanobacterium Gloeocapsopsis sp. Strain AAB1. Genome Announc. 6(17):e00216-18
Schulze-Makuch, D., Wagner, D., Kounaves, S.P., Mangelsdorf, K., Devine, K.G., de Vera, J-P., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Grossart, H-P., Parro, V., , Kaupenjohann, M., Galy, A., Schneider, B., Airo, A., Frösler, J., Davila, A.F., Arens, F.L., Cáceres, L., Solís-Cornejo, F., Carrizo, D., Dartnell, L., DiRuggiero, J., Flury, M., Ganzert, L., Gessner, M.O., Grathwohl, P., Guan, L., Heinz, J., Hess, M., Keppler, F., Maus, D., McKay, C.P., Meckenstock, R.U., Montgomery, W, Oberlin, E.A., Probst, A.J., Sáenz, J.S., Sattler, T., Schirmack, J., Sephton, M.A., Schloter, M., Uhl, J., Valenzuela, B., Vestergaard, G., Wörmer, L. and Zamorano P. (2018) Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. PNAS March 13 115(11): 2670-2675
Parro, V., Blanco, Y., Puente-Sánchez, F., Rivas, L.A., Moreno-Paz, M., Echeverría, A., Chong-Díaz, G., Demergasso, C. and Cabrol, N.A. (2018) Biomarkers and Metabolic Patterns in the Sediments of Evolving Glacial Lakes as a Proxy for Planetary Lake Exploration. Astrobiology 18(5):586-606
Echeverría-Vega, A., Chong, G., Serrano, A.E., Guajardo, M., Encalada, O., Parro, V., Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., Rose, K.C., Moreno-Paz, M., Luque, J.A., Cabrol, N.A. and Demergasso, C. (2018) Watershed-Induced Limnological and Microbial Status in Two Oligotrophic Andean Lakes Exposed to the Same Climatic Scenario. Frontiers in Microbiology 2018(9):357
Fairén, A.G., Parro, V., Schulze-Makuch, D. and Whyte, L. (2018) Is searching for martian life a priority for the mars community?. Astrobiology 18(2): 101–107
Urbina, D.A., Kumar-Madakashira, H., Martinez-Gonzalez, X., Van Lierde, B., Vögele, T., Imhof, A.B., Taillebot, V., Weiss, P., Gobert, T., Fossum, K. and Parro, V. (2017) Analogue capabilities for human-in-the-loop simulations of surface operations in training and research. 68th International Astronautical Congress B3/5/4:41363
Imhof, A.B., Davenport, R., Weiss, P., Urbina, D.A., Vögele, T., Parro V., Hogle, M., Nottle, A. and Royrvik, J. (2017) Project Moonwalk: lessons learnt from testing human robot collaboration scenarios in a lunar and Martian simulation. 68th International Astronautical Congress B3/6-A5.3:38010
Blanco, Y., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Puente-Sánchez, F., Cavalcante-Silva, E., Quesada, A., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., and Parro, V. (2017) Critical Assessment of Analytical Techniques in the Search for Biomarkers on Mars: A Mummified Microbial Mat from Antarctica as a Best-Case Scenario. Astrobiology 17(10): 955–955.
Fairén, A.G., Parro, V., Schulze-Makuch, D. and Whyte, L., (2017) Searching for Life on Mars Before It Is Too Late. Astrobiology 17(10): 955–955
Blanco, Y., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V. (2017) Experimental protocol for detecting Cyanobacteria in liquid and solid samples with an antibody microarray chip. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2017(120):e54994
Martín, V., Perales, C., Fernández-Algar, M., Dos Santos, H.G., Garrido, P., Pernas, M., Parro, V., Moreno, M., García-Pérez, J., Alcamí, J., Torán, J.L., Abia, D., Domingo, E. and Briones, C. (2016) An efficient microarray-based genotyping platform for the identification of drug-resistance mutations in majority and minority subpopulations of HIV-1 quasispecies. PLoS ONE 11(12):e0166902
Geidel, S., Llopis, S.P., Rodrigo, M., de Diego-Castilla, G., Sousa, A., Nestler, J., Otto, T., Gessner, T. and Parro, V. (2016) Integration of an optical ring resonator biosensor into a self-contained microfluidic cartridge with active, single-shot micropumps. Micromachines 7(9):153
Cheng, Z.Y., Fernández-Remolar, D.C., Izawa, M.R.M., Applin, D.M., Chong Díaz, M., Fernandez-Sampedro, M.T., García-Villadangos, M., Huang, T., Xiao, L. and Parro, V. (2016) Oxalate formation under the hyperarid conditions of the Atacama desert as a mineral marker to provide clues to the source of organic carbon on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121(6):1593-1604
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Domínguez, M., Parro, V., Jiménez, M., Molina, R. and Larraga, V. (2016) Influence of the Microenvironment in the Transcriptome of Leishmania infantum Promastigotes: Sand Fly versus Culture. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10(5):e0004693
Puente-Sánchez, F., Olsson, S., Gómez-Rodriguez, M., Souza-Egipsy, V., Altamirano-Jeschke, M., Amils, R., Parro, V. and Aguilera, A. (2016) Solar Radiation Stress in Natural Acidophilic Biofilms of Euglena mutabilis Revealed by Metatranscriptomics and PAM Fluorometry. Protist 167(1):67-81
Puente-Sánchez, F., Aguirre, J. and Parro, V. (2016) A novel conceptual approach to read-filtering in high-throughput amplicon sequencing studies. Nucleic Acids Res. 44(4):e40
Sanchez-Roman, M., Puente-Sanchez, F., Parro, V. and Amils, R. (2015) Nucleation of Fe-rich phosphates and carbonates on microbial cells and exopolymeric substances. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1024
Diaz-Maldonado, H., Gomez, M.J., Moreno-Paz, M., San Martín-Uriz, P., Amils, R., Parro, V. and de Saro, F.J.L. (2015) Transposase interaction with the beta sliding clamp: effects on insertion sequence proliferation and transposition rate. Scientific Reports 5:13329
Schulze-Makuch, D., Rummel, J.D., Benner, S.A., Levin, G., Parro, V. and Kounaves, S. (2015) Nearly Forty Years after Viking: Are We Ready for a New Life-Detection Mission?.Astrobiology 15(6):413-419
Blanco, Y., Quesada, A., Gallardo-Carreño, I., Aguirre, J. and Parro, V. (2015) CYANOCHIP: an antibody microarray for high-taxonomical-resolution cyanobacterial monitoring.. Enviromental Science & Technology 49(3):1611-1620
Fernandez-Remolar, D.C., Santamaria, J., Amils, R., Parro, V., Gomez-Ortiz, D., Izawa, M.R.M., Banerjee, N.R., Rodriguez, R.P., Rodriguez, N. and Lopez-Martínez, N. (2015) Formation of iron-rich shelled structures by microbial communities. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 120(1):147-168
Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., García-Moyano, A., Aguirre, J., Cruz-Gil, P., Palacín, A., van Heerden, E. and Parro, V. (2014) Deciphering the Prokaryotic Community and Metabolisms in South African Deep-Mine Biofilms through Antibody Microarrays and Graph Theory. PLoS One 9(12):e114180
Puente-Sanchez, F., Sanchez-Roman, M., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2014) Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus sp nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the deep subsurface of the Iberian pyrite belt. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64(10):3546-3552
Martínez-Garcia, M., Santos, F., Moreno-Paz, M., Parro, V. and Anton, J. (2014) Unveiling viral-host interactions within the ‘microbial dark matter’. Nature Communications 5:4542
McKay, C.P., and Parro, V. (2014) How to search for life on Mars. Scientific American 310: 44-49.
Puente-Sánchez, F., Moreno-Paz, M., Rivas, L.A., Cruz-Gil, P., García-Villadangos, M., Gómez, M.J., Postigo, M., Garrido, P., González-Toril, E., Briones, C., Fernández-Remolar, D., Stoker, C., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2014) Deep subsurface sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in the Iberian Pyrite Belt revealed through geochemistry and molecular biomarkers. Geobiology 12(1):34-47
Santos, F., Martínez-García, M., Parro, V., and Antón, J. (2014) Microarray tools to unveil viral-microbe interactions in nature. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2: Art 31
Fernández-Remolar, D.C., Chong-Díaz, G., Ruíz-Bermejo, M., Harir, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Tziotis, D., Gómez-Ortíz, D., García-Villadangos, M., Martín-Redondo, M.P., Gómez, F., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Moreno-Paz, M., de Diego-Castilla, G., Echeverría, A., Urtuvia, V.N., Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., Izawa, M.R.M., Banerjee, N.R., Demergasso, C. and Parro, V. (2013) Molecular preservation in halite and perchlorate rich hypersaline subsurface deposits in the Salar Grande basin (Atacama Desert, Chile):implications for the search molecular biomarkers on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 118 (2): 922-939
Blanco, Y., Rivas, L.A., Ruiz-Bermejo, M. and Parro, V. (2013) Immunological detection of mellitic acid in the Atacama desert: Implication for organics detection on Mars. Icarus 224 (2):326-333
McKay, C.P., Stoker, C.R., Glass, B.J., Davé, A.I., Davila, A.F., Heldmann, J.L., Marinova, M.M., Fairen, A.G., Quinn, R.C., Zacny, K.A., Paulsen, G., Smith, P.H., Parro, V., Andersen, D.T., Hecht, M.H., Lacelle, D. and Pollard, W.H. (2013).The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life. Astrobiology 13 (4):334-353
Palacín, A., Gómez-Casado, C., Rivas, L.A., Aguirre, J., Tordesillas, L., Bartra, J., Blanco, C., Carrillo, T., Cuesta-Herranz, J., de Frutos, C., Alvarez-Eire, G.G., Fernández, F.J., Gamboa, P., Muñoz, R., Sánchez-Monge, R., Sirvent, S., Torres, M.J., Varela-Losada, S., Rodríguez, R., Parro, V., Blanca, M., Salcedo, G. and Díaz-Perales, A. (2012) Graph based study of allergen cross-reactivity of plant lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) using microarray in a multicenter study. PLoS One 7(12):e50799
Palacín, A., Rivas, L.A., Gómez-Casado, C., Aguirre, J., Tordesillas, L., Bartra, J., Blanco, C., Carrillo, T., Cuesta-Herranz, J., Bonny, J.A., Flores, E., García-Alvarez-Eire, M.G., García-Nuñez, I., Fernández, F.J., Gamboa, P., Muñoz, R., Sánchez-Monge, R., Torres, M., Losada, S.V., Villalba, M., Vega, F., Parro, V., Blanca, M., Salcedo, G. and Díaz-Perales, A. (2012) The involvement of thaumatin like proteins in plant food cross-reactivity: a multicenter study using a specific protein microarray. PLoS One. 7(9):e44088
Blanco, Y., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Gómez, M.J., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M.,Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Cruz-Gil, P., Sánchez-Román, M.,Rivas, L.A. and Parro,V. (2012) Prokaryotic communities and operating metabolisms in the surface and the permafrost of Deception Island(Antarctica). Environ. Microbiol 14(9): 2495-510
Levicán, G., Gómez, M.J., Chávez, R., Orellana, O., Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V. (2012) Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Novel Facts about Leptospirillum spp. Cytochromes. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 22 : 94-104
Santos, F., Yarza, P., Parro, V., Meseguer, I., Rosselló-Móra, R. and Antón, J. (2012) Culture-independent approaches for studying viruses from hypersaline environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 78(6):1635-43
Colín-García, M., Kanawati, B., Harir, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Amils, R., Parro, V., García, M. and Fernández-Remolar, D. (2011) Detection of peptidic sequences in the ancient acidic sediments of río Tinto, Spain. Orig Life Evol Biosph 41(6):523-7
Rivas, L.A., Aguirre, J., Blanco, Y., González-Toril, E., and Parro, V. (2011) Graph-based deconvolution analysis of multiplex sandwich microarray immunoassays: applications for environmental monitoring. Environmental Microbiology 13:1421-32
Santos, F., Moreno, M., Meseguer, I., López, C., Rosselló-Mora, R., Parro, V. and Antón, J. (2011) Metatranscriptomic analysis of extremely halophilic viral communities. ISME J 5(10):1621-33
de Diego-Castilla, G., Cruz-Gil, P., Mateo-Martí, E., Fernández-Calvo, P., Rivas, L.A. and Parro, V. (2011). Assessing antibody microarrays for space missions: effect of long-term storage, gamma radiation, and temperature shifts on printed and fluorescently labelled antibodies. Astrobiology 11(8):759-73
Parro, V., de Diego-Castilla, G., Moreno-Paz, M., Blanco, Y., Cruz-Gil, P., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Fernández-Remolar, D., Gómez, F., Gómez, M.J., Rivas, L.A., Demergasso, C., Echeverría, A., Urtuvia, V.N., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., García-Villadangos, M., Postigo, M., Sánchez-Román, M., Chong-Díaz, G. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2011) A microbial oasis in the hypersaline Atacama subsurface discovered by a life detector chip: implications for the search for life on Mars. Astrobiology 11(10): 969-96
Parro, V., de Diego-Castilla, G., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Rivas, L.A., Blanco-López, Y., Sebastián, E., Romeral, J., Compostizo, C., Herrero, P.L., García-Marín, A., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M., Cruz-Gil, P., Peinado, V., Martín-Soler, J., Pérez-Mercader, J., and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2011) SOLID3, a multiplexantibody microarray-based optical sensor instrument for in situ life detection in planetary exploration. Astrobiology 11:15-28
Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Vorobyova, E., Parro, V., Rodriguez Manfredi, J.A. and Gómez, F. (2011). Strategies for detection of putative life on Europa. Advances in Space Research 48 (4): 678-688
Gómez, F., Walter, N., Amils, R., Rull, F., Klingelhöfer, A.K., Kviderova, J., Sarrazin, P., Foing, B., Behar, A., Fleischer, I.,Parro, V., Garcia-Villadangos, M., Blake, D., Martín Ramos,J.D., Direito, S., Mahapatra, P., Stam, C., Venkateswaran, K. and Voytek,M. (2011) Multidisciplinary integrated field campaign to an acidic Martian Earth analogue with astrobiological interest: Rio Tinto. International J. Astrobiology 10 (3):291-305
Parro, V., Fernández-Remolar, D., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Cruz-Gil, P., Rivas, L.A., Ruiz-Bermejo, M., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M., Gómez-Ortiz, D., Blanco-López, Y., Menor-Salván, C., Prieto-Ballesteros, O. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2011) Classification of Modern and Old Río Tinto Sedimentary Deposits Through the Biomolecular Record Using a Life Marker Biochip: Implications for Detecting Life on Mars. Astrobiology 11:29-44 (Cover of the issue)
Moreno-Paz, M., Gómez, M.J., Arcas, A. and Parro, V. (2010) Environmental transcriptome analysis reveals physiological differences between biofilm and planktonic modes of life of the iron oxidizing bacteria Leptospirillum spp. in their natural microbial community. BMC Genomics 11:404
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Gómez, M.J., Moreno, I., Domínguez, M., Parro, V. and Larraga, V. (2010) Transcriptomics throughout the life cycle of Leishmania infantum: high down-regulation rate in the amastigote stage. Int JParasitol. 2010 Nov;40(13):1497-516
Santos, F., Yarza, P., Parro, V., Briones, C., and Antón, J. (2010) The metavirome of a hypersaline environment. Environ.Microbiol. 12(11):2965-2976
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Gómez, M.J., Sánchez-Gorostiaga, A., Moreno-Paz, M., González-Pastor, E., Toraño, A., Parro, V. and Larraga, V. (2010) Temperature increase prevails over acidification in the gene expression modulation of amastigote differentiation in Leishmania infantum. BMC Genomics 11(1):31
Parro, V. Antibody microarray for environmental monitoring. In Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. K. Timmis (Ed.).Springer-Verlag,Berlin Heidelberg 2010. ISBN:978-3-540-77588-1. Vol. 3, Part 3, Chapter 22. pp 2700-2710
Remonsellez, F., Galleguillos, F., Moreno-Paz, M., Parro, V., Acosta, M., and Demergasso, C. (2009) Dynamic of active microorganisms inhabiting a bioleaching industrial heap of low-grade copper sulfide ore monitored by Real-time PCR and oligonucleotide Prokaryotic Acidophile Microarray (PAM). Microbial Biotechnology 2:613-626
Alcolea, P.J., Alonso, A., Sánchez-Gorostiaga, A., Moreno-Paz, M., Gómez, M.J., Ramos, I., Parro, V. and Larraga, V. (2009) Genome-wide analysis reveals increased levels of transcripts related with infectivity inpeanut lectin non-agglutinated promastigotes of Leishmania infantum. Genomics 93(6):551-64
Parro, V., Fernández-Calvo, P. , Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Moreno-Paz, M., Rivas, L.A., García-Villadangos, M., Bonaccorsi, R., González-Pastor, J.E., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Schuerger, A.C., Davidson, M., Gómez-Elvira, J. and Stoker, C. (2008) SOLID2:An antibody array-based life detector instrument in a Mars Drilling Simulation Experiment (MARTE). Astrobiology 8(5):987-99
Stoker, C.R., Cannon, H., Dunagan, S., Lemke, L.G., Miller, D., Gómez-Elvira, J., Glass, B., Davis, K., Zavaleta, J., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Fernández, D., Parro, V., Bonaccorsi, R., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Bell, M.S., Brown, A., Battler, M., Chen, B., Cooper, G., Davidson, M., Martínez-Frias, J., González-Pastor, E., Sutter, B. and Schutt J. (2008) The 2005 MARTE Robotic Drilling Experiment in Rio Tinto Spain: Objectives, Approach, and Results of a Simulated Mission to Search for Life in the Martian Subsurface. Astrobiology 8(5):921-45
Rivas, L.A., García-Villadangos, M., Moreno-Paz, M., Cruz-Gil, P., Gómez-Elvira, J., and Parro, V. (2008). A 200-Antibody Microarray Biochip for Environmental Monitoring: Searching for Universal Microbial Biomarkers through Immunoprofiling. Anal Chem. 80 (21): 7970–7979
Garrido, P., González-Toril, E., García-Moyano, A., Moreno-Paz, M., Amils, R. and Parro, V. (2008) An oligonucleotide prokaryotic acidophile microarray: its validation and its use to monitor seasonal variations in extreme acidic environments with total environmental RNA. Environmental Microbiology 10(4):836-50.
Parro, V., Rivas, L.A., and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2008) Protein Microarrays-based strategies for life detection in astrobiology. Space Sci Rev 135: 293–311
Parnell, J., Cullen, D., Sims, M.R., Bowden, S., Cockell, C.S., Court, R., Ehrenfreund, P., Gaubert, F., Grant, W., Parro, V., Rohmer, M., Sephton, M., Stan-Lotter, H., Steele, A., Toporski, J. and Vago, J. (2007) Searching for life on Mars: selection of molecular targets for ESA’s aurora ExoMars mission. Astrobiology 4: 578-604
Parro, V., Moreno-Paz, M., and González-Toril, E. (2007) Analysis of environmental transcriptomes by DNA microarrays. Environmental Microbiology 9: 453-464
Moreno-Paz, M. and Parro, V. (2006). Amplification of low quantity bacterial RNA for Microarray studies: time-course analysis of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans under nitrogen-fixing conditions. Environmental Microbiology 8:1064-1073
Fernández-Calvo, P., Rivas, L.A., Näke, C., García-Villadangos, M., Gómez-Elvira, J., and Parro, V. (2006) A multi-array competitive immunoassay for the detection of broad-range molecular size organic compounds relevant for astrobiology. Planetary and Space Science 54: 1612-1621
Parro, V., Rodriguez Manfredi, J.A., Rivas, L.A., Compostizo, C., Herrero, P.L., Sebastian, E., Moreno-Paz, M., Garcia-Villadangos, M., Fernandez-Calvo, P., Briones, C. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2006). Solid: an antibody microarray-based instrument for life detection and planetary exploration. 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC-06-A3.P.3.08
Parro, V., Rodríguez-Manfredi, J.A., Briones, C., Compostizo, C., Herrero, P.L., Vez, E., Sebastián, E., Moreno-Paz, M., García-Villadangos, M., Fernández-Calvo, P., González-Toril, E., Pérez-Mercader, J., Fernández-Remolar, D. and Gómez-Elvira, J. (2005) Instrument development for biomarker search on Mars: acidophile, iron powered chemolithoautotrophic communities as terrestrial model system. Planetary and Space Science 53:729-737.
Parro, V., Moreno-Paz, M., Bastolla, U., Briones, C., Garcia, M., and Fernández-Remolar, D. (2004). The Iron oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans as a model for biomarker search on Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 68: A806-A806
Parro, V., and Moreno-Paz, M. (2004). Gene function analysis in extremophiles: the nif regulon of the strict iron oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP 545: 51-53
Gómez-Elvira, J., Holm, N., Briones, C., Cockell, C., Compostizo, C., Dumont, M., Gómez, F., Parro, V., Sebastián, E., Steele, A. and Toporski, J. (2004). ‘Molecular biology for life detection (MoBiLD) on Mars’. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP 545: 123-126
Parro, V. and Moreno-Paz, M. (2003). Gene function analysis in environmental isolates: the nif regulon of the strict iron oxidizing bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:7883-7888

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