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Research interests include astrobiology, microbial paleontology, microbial diversity and cultivation, molecular evolution and geonomics, and geomicrobiology.
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Recent Publications
Distinctive microfossil supports early Paleoproterozoic rise in complex cellular organisation
Barlow, E. V., House, C. H., Liu, M. C., Wetherington, M. T. & Van Kranendonk, M. J., Jan 1 2024, In: Geobiology. 22, 1, e12576.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Highly enriched carbon and oxygen isotopes in carbonate-derived CO2 at Gale crater, Mars
Burtt, D. G., Stern, J. C., Webster, C. R., Hofmann, A. E., Franz, H. B., Sutter, B., Thorpe, M. T., Kite, E. S., Eigenbrode, J. L., Pavlov, A. A., House, C. H., Tutolo, B. M., Des Marais, D. J., Rampe, E. B., McAdam, A. C. & Malespin, C. A., Oct 15 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 42, e2321342121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Environmental Changes Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks in the Clay-Sulfate Transition Region in Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analysis Instrument Onboard the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
Clark, J. V., Sutter, B., McAdam, A. C., Lewis, J. M. T., Franz, H., Archer, P. D., Chou, L., Eigenbrode, J., Knudson, C., Stern, J., Glavin, D., Steele, A., House, C. H., Schroeder, J., Berger, J., Rampe, E. B., Simpson, S., Tutolo, B., Milliken, R. E. & Malespin, C. & 2 others, , Dec 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 129, 12, e2024JE008587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prebiotic thiol-catalyzed thioamide bond formation
Hyde, A. S. & House, C. H., Dec 2024, In: Geochemical Transactions. 25, 1, 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus
Pavlov, A. A., McLain, H., Glavin, D. P., Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J., House, C. H. & Zhang, Z., Jul 1 2024, In: Astrobiology. 24, 7, p. 698-709 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Extracting Meaningful Environmental and Age Information From a c. 2.4–2.2 Ga Peritidal Phosphorite: The Turee Creek Group, Western Australia
Soares, G. G., Garber, J. M., House, C. H. & Reimink, J. R., Feb 2024, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, 2, e2023GC011216.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
RETRACTED: Metal Catalysis Acting on Nitriles in Early Earth Hydrothermal Systems (Life, (2023), 13, 7, (1524), 10.3390/life13071524)
Sturtz, M. & House, C., Apr 2024, In: Life. 14, 4, 439.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Low effective ultraviolet exposure ages for organics at the surface of Enceladus
Hendrix, A. R. & House, C. H., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 485.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Metal Catalysis Acting on Nitriles in Early Earth Hydrothermal Systems
Sturtz, M. & House, C., Jul 2023, In: Life. 13, 7, 1524.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Manganese-Iron Phosphate Nodules at the Groken Site, Gale Crater, Mars
Treiman, A. H., Lanza, N. L., VanBommel, S., Berger, J., Wiens, R., Bristow, T., Johnson, J., Rice, M., Hart, R., McAdam, A., Gasda, P., Meslin, P. Y., Yen, A., Williams, A. J., Vasavada, A., Vaniman, D., Tu, V., Thorpe, M., Swanner, E. D. & Seeger, C. & 31 others, , Sep 2023, In: Minerals. 13, 9, 1122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tunable Laser Spectrometers for Planetary Science
Webster, C. R., Hofmann, A. E., Mahaffy, P. R., Atreya, S. K., House, C. H., Simon, A. A. & Garvin, J. B., Dec 2023, In: Space Science Reviews. 219, 8, 78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars
House, C. H., Wong, G. M., Webster, C. R., Flesch, G. J., Franz, H. B., Stern, J. C., Pavlov, A., Atreya, S. K., Eigenbrode, J. L., Gilbert, A., Hofmann, A. E., Millan, M., Steele, A., Glavin, D. P., Malespin, C. A. & Mahaffy, P. R., Jan 25 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 4, e2115651119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reply to Schoell: Implications of a temperature trend in methane evolved from Cumberland during Mars evolved gas analyses experiments
House, C. H., Franz, H. B., Wong, G. M., Mahaffy, P. R., Pavlov, A., Steele, A., Atreya, S. & Malespin, C. A., Jul 26 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 30, e2207901119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Evolved Gas Analyses of Sedimentary Rocks From the Glen Torridon Clay-Bearing Unit, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument Suite
McAdam, A. C., Sutter, B., Archer, P. D., Franz, H. B., Wong, G. M., Lewis, J. M. T., Clark, J. V., Millan, M., Williams, A. J., Eigenbrode, J. L., Knudson, C. A., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D. P., Stern, J. C., Navarro-González, R., Achilles, C. N., Ming, D. W., Morris, R. V., Bristow, T. F. & Rampe, E. B. & 8 others, , Sep 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 127, 9, e2022JE007179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sedimentary Organics in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the SAM Instrument Suite and Supporting Laboratory Analyses
Millan, M., Williams, A. J., McAdam, A. C., Eigenbrode, J. L., Steele, A., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D. P., Szopa, C., Buch, A., Summons, R. E., Lewis, J. M. T., Wong, G. M., House, C. H., Sutter, B., McIntosh, O., Bryk, A. B., Franz, H. B., Pozarycki, C., Stern, J. C. & Navarro-Gonzalez, R. & 7 others, , Nov 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 127, 11, e2021JE007107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review