Maria T. Zuber

This paper develops a nanogap solid-state system for single-molecule detection under space-relevant conditions and validates its performance in microgravity and reduced gravity environments.

This study investigates whether early Mars could have supported RNA polymer stability by analyzing metal-catalyzed RNA degradation under simulated Martian conditions.

This study demonstrates nanopore sequencing functionality under reduced gravity conditions relevant to space exploration, including Mars and icy moons, showing consistent performance across different gravitational environments.

This study validates nucleic acid extraction and low-input nanopore sequencing from Mars analog soils to detect genetic sequences indicative of potential life on Mars.

CarrierSeq identifies low-input target reads from nanopore sequencing by filtering out contamination and noise using a statistical test based on channel-specific read patterns.