Publications and communications of Emmanuelle Javaux

François, C., Baludikay, B. K., Debaille, V., Birck, J. L., Limmois, D., Jourdan, F., Baudet, D., Paquette, J. L., Delvaux, D., & Javaux, E. (February 2023). Multi-method dating constrains the diversification of early eukaryotes in the Proterozoic Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup of the D.R.Congo and the geological evolution of the Congo Basin. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 198, 104785. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104785

Loron, C., Sforna, M., Borondics, F., Sandt, C., & Javaux, E. (November 2022). Synchrotron FTIR investigations of kerogen from Proterozoic organic-walled eukaryotic microfossils. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 123, 103476. doi:10.1016/j.vibspec.2022.103476

Coutant, M., Lepot, K., Fadel, A., Addad, A., Richard, E., Troadec, D., Ventalon, S., Sugitani, K., & Javaux, E. (2022). Distinguishing cellular from abiotic spheroidal microstructures in the ca. 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation. Geobiology. doi:10.1111/gbi.12506

Demaret, L., Hutchinson, I. B., Ingley, R., Edwards, H. G. M., Fagel, N., Compère, P., Javaux, E., Eppe, G., & Malherbe, C. (2022). Fe-Rich Fossil Vents as Mars Analog Samples: Identification of Extinct Chimneys in Miocene Marine Sediments Using Raman Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, and Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy. Astrobiology. doi:10.1089/ast.2021.0128

Noack Lena, Tenkate IngeLoes, & Javaux, E. (03 June 2022). Toward a universal Tracers Portal. Paper presented at European Astrobiology Institute WG workshop “Astrobiology and Society”, Hoor, Sweden.

Coutant, M., Lepot, K.* , Fadel, A., Addad, A., Richard, E., Troadec, D., Sugitani, K., & Javaux, E. (13 May 2022). Nanoscale petrographic insights into the morphogenesis of carbonaceous microstructures from the ca. 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation. Paper presented at Abiscon 2022, Atlanta, United States - Georgia.

Lara, Y., Mc Cann, A., Malherbe, C., François, C., Demoulin, C., Sforna, M.-C., Eppe, G., De Pauw, E., Wilmotte, A., Jacques, P., & Javaux, E. (2022). Characterization of the Halochromic Gloeocapsin Pigment, a Cyanobacterial Biosignature for Paleobiology and Astrobiology. Astrobiology. doi:10.1089/ast.2021.0061

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Fereirra Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., Baudet, D., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (2022). Intracellular bound chlorophyll residues identify 1 Gyr-old fossils as eukaryotic algae. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27810-7

Javaux, E. (2022). Taphonomy in clays. Paper presented at Exomars IDS "Patterns" meeting online, Bremen, Germany.

Javaux, E. (2022). Pseudofossil. In Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1306-4

Javaux, E. (2022). Origin and early evolution of Life, here and there? Paper presented at GIGA DAY.

Javaux, E. (2022). Life on Earth and beyond. Paper presented at 50th anniversary of the Belgian society for cellular and molecular biology, Brussels, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2022). Early traces of the three domains of life: challenges and evidence. Paper presented at Bristol seminar online, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Javaux, E. (2022). Comment reconstruire les trois premiers milliards d’années d’évolution de la vie? Paper presented at Timeworld 2022 "Construction", Paris, France.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Ferreira Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., Baudet, D., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (November 2021). Intracellular detection of nickel-porphyrins moieities in a 1-Gyr old multicellular alga allows to track early phototrophy. Paper presented at Rencontre des sciences de la terre.

Javaux, E. (18 October 2021). Origins and early evolution of the biospheres : insights from paleobiology. Paper presented at 2021 ISSOL meeting.

Coutant, M., Lepot, K., Fadel, A., Addad, A., Richard, E., Troadec, D., Ventalon, S., Sugitani, K., & Javaux, E. (13 October 2021). Evaluation of the biogenicity of putative large (>10µm) spherical microfossils from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation. Paper presented at Conférence Nationale Exobiologie 2021, Marseille, France.

Javaux, E. (12 October 2021). EARLY EUKARYOGENESIS AND EUKARYOTIC DIVERSIFICATION. Paper presented at Geological Society of America annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, United States. doi:10.1130/abs/2021AM-367904

Coutant, M., Lepot, K., Fadel, A., Addad, A., Richard, E., Troadec, D., Ventalon, S., Sugitani, K., & Javaux, E. (July 2021). Testing the cellular nature of large (>10µm) spheroids in the ~3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation. Paper presented at Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France.

Domino, S., Loron, C., Sforna, M.-C., Calers, V., & Javaux, E. (July 2021). Paleobiology of an Ediacaran acanthomorphic acritarch. Poster session presented at Goldschmidt 2021.

Javaux, E., Spinks, S., & Kunzmann, M. (July 2021). New assemblages of Paleoproterozoic organic-walled microfossils and implications for eukaryogenesis and the early evolution of eukaryotes. Paper presented at Goldschmidt 2021.

Javaux, E. (20 April 2021). Early traces of the three domains of life : evidence and challenges. Paper presented at EAI online seminars.

Javaux, E. (27 January 2021). The earliest traces of the three domains of life: evidence and challenges. Paper presented at ORIGINS 2021 Conference, Netherlands.

Demoulin, C., Sforna, M.-C., Lara, Y., Loron, C., Cornet, Y., Tucoulou Tachoueres, R., Grolimund, D., Ferreira Sanchez, D., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2021). Integrative paleontological and geochemical study of the microfossil Polysphaeroides filiformis and its implication for deep time cyanobacterial evolution. Paper presented at Goldschmidt 2021.

Javaux, E. (2021). Eukaryotes, Appearance and Early Evolution of. In Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_538-4

Lara, Y., Mc Cann, A., Malherbe, C., François, C., Demoulin, C., Sforna, M.-C., Eppe, G., De Pauw, E., Wilmotte, A., Jacques, P., & Javaux, E. (2021). UV-screening pigment enabling ancient photosynthesis. Paper presented at Goldschmidt 2021, Lyon, France.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2021). Shale-hosted biota from the Dismal Lakes Group in Arctic Canada supports an early Mesoproterozoic diversification of eukaryotes. Journal of Paleontology. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.45

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2021). NEW REPORT OF SHALE-HOSTED ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS FROM THE EARLY MESOPROTEROZOIC DISMAL LAKES GROUP IN ARCTIC CANADA. Paper presented at Connects 2021 GSA.

Sforna, M.-C., Demoulin, C., Loron, C., françois, C., Cornet, Y., Beghin, J., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (2021). Primary producers in the ~1Gyrs-old Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (DR Congo). Paper presented at GSA 2021.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Ferreira Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (2021). In situ detection of bound Ni-tetrapyrrole moieties in ~1 Gyr-old eukaryote microfossil suggesting its phototrophy. Paper presented at Goldschmidt 2021.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Baudet, D., & Javaux, E. (28 October 2020). Evidence of photosynthesis showed by Ni-Porphyrin preservation in ~1 Gyr-old Eukaryotes. Paper presented at GSA 2020.

Javaux, E., & Sforna, M.-C. (2020). Origins, transitions, and traces of life: Comment on" Mineral self-organization on a lifeless planet" by JM García-Ruiz et al. Physics of Life Reviews. doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2020.06.009

Loron, C., François, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Borenztajn, S., & Javaux, E. (2020). Interpreting the biological affinities of early Eukaryotes. Paper presented at GSC Geobiology 2020, Galveston, United States - Texas.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2020). The Proterozoic Arctic Canada as a case study for the evolution and diversity of early Eukaryotes. Poster session presented at Beacon LaPalma 2020.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2020). Diversification of complex life on the early Earth: the Proterozoic of Artic Canada as a case study. Poster session presented at GRC geobiology 2020, Galveston, United States - Texas.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Sanchez Ferreira, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2020). Nickel as tracer of oxygenic phototrophy in the fossil record. Paper presented at Goldschmidt 2020.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., & Javaux, E. (January 2020). Phototrophic green algae in Mid-Proterozoic oceans. Poster session presented at Gordon Research Conference & Seminar.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., Francois, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (18 December 2019). Ni-porphyrin in-situ detection within Mid-Proterozoic green algal microfossils. Paper presented at FNRS Astrobiology contact group.

Javaux, E. (22 November 2019). Paleobiology and Evolution of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at seminar of the geology Department, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Javaux, E. (25 October 2019). Origin and evolution of early eukaryotes: insight from the fossil record. Paper presented at Agouron, Moore, and Simon Foundations workshop “Origin of eukaryotes”, Pasadena, United States - California.

Ahn, A.-C., Cornet, L., Beets, K., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Javaux, E., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (18 October 2019). Biodiversity of Cyanobacteria and associated microbiome in the BCCM/ULC Culture Collection. Poster session presented at 2019 Symposium of the Belgian Society for Microbiology, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Lara, Y., Demoulin, C., Durieu, B., Wilmotte, A., Jacques, P., & Javaux, E. (11 October 2019). Cyanobacterial biosignatures, fossil record of cyanobacteria, and molecular aspects of P. nigrescens ULC007. Paper presented at Geomicrobiology workshop, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Lara, Y., Demoulin, C., Lambion, A., Durieu, B., Wilmotte, A., Jacques, P., & Javaux, E. (05 September 2019). Antarctic cyanobacteria sources of biosignatures. Paper presented at 19th EANA Astrobiology Conference, Orléans, France.

Ben Tahar, I., Kus-Liśkiewicz, M., Lara, Y., Javaux, E., & Fickers, P. (2019). Characterization of a non-toxic pyomelanin pigment produced by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Biotechnology Progress. doi:10.1002/btpr.2912

Brocks, J., Gueneli, N., McKenna, A. M., Boreham, C. J., Beghin, J., & Javaux, E. (September 2019). The nitrogen-isotopic composition of 1.1 billion-year-old porphyrins reveals oceans dominated by phototrophic bacteria. Paper presented at 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Gothenburg, Sweden.

Brocks, J. J., Gueneli, N., McKenna, A. M., Ohkouchi, N., Boreham, C. J., Beghin, J., & Javaux, E. (September 2019). The nitrogen-isotopic composition of 1.1 billion-year-old Porphyrins reveals oceans dominated by phototrophic bacteria. Paper presented at Plenary talk inaugural “Geoff Eglinton Lecture”, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Cornet, Y., François, C., Compère, P., Callec, Y., Roberty, S., Plumier, J.-C., & Javaux, E. (2019). New insights on the paleobiology, biostratigraphy and paleogeography of the pre-Sturtian microfossil index taxon Cerebrosphaera. Precambrian Research. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105410

Dehant, V., Airo, A., Debaille, V., Dobos, V., Gaillard, F., Gillman, C., Godderis, S., Grenfell, Höning, D., Javaux, E., Karatekin, O., Morbidelli, A., Noack, L., Rauer, H., Scherf, M., Spohn, T., Tackley, P., Van Hoolst, T., & Wünnemann, K. (August 2019). Geoscience for understanding habitability in the solar system and beyond. Space Science Reviews, 215, 42. doi:10.1007/s11214-019-0608-8

Javaux, E. (August 2019). Challenges in evidencing the earliest traces of life. Nature, 572, 451-460. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1436-4

Javaux, E. (03 July 2019). Early traces of life: challenges and evidence. Paper presented at FMASOEL 2019 : French-Mexican Advanced School on the Origins and Evolution of Life, Paris, France.

Javaux, E. (May 2019). First Traces of Life: evidence and challenges. Paper presented at European Astrobiology Institute 1st General Assembly, Liblice, Czechia.

Javaux, E. (May 2019). Early eukaryote Paleobiology and Evolution. Paper presented at departmental seminar, wuhan, China.

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (May 2019). Evolution and diversity of early Eukaryotes: insights from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada. Poster session presented at Gac-Mac 2019 Quebec, Canada.

Javaux, E. (April 2019). Early Traces of life. Paper presented at International PhD Training School in Astrobiology, Hanoi university, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Javaux, E. (March 2019). Earth Sciences misconceptions in origins of life. Paper presented at International PhD Training School on « Basics in Astrobiology », RED’19 school, Le Teich, Bordeaux,, France.

Javaux, E. (March 2019). Early traces of life: evidence and challenges. Paper presented at Search for life: from early Earth to exoplanets, Quy Nhon, Vietnam.

Brucato, J., Cabezas, P., Falanga, M., Gargaud, M., Henning, T., Hrusak, J., Javaux, E., Kirsimae, K., Mason, N., Martinez-Frias, J., Mas-Hesse, M., Mazeret, S., Olsson-Francis, K., Spohn, T., Taubner, R.-S., Westall, F., & Geppert, W. D. (2019). The European Astrobiology Institute–a new pan-European initiative in the field. Paper presented at Absicon Astrobiology Science Conference, Seattle Washington, United States.

Demoulin, C.* , Lara, Y.* , Cornet, L., François, C., Baurain, D., Wilmotte, A., & Javaux, E. (2019). Cyanobacteria evolution: Insight from the fossil record. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 140, 206-223. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.05.007

Loron, C., François, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Borensztajn, S., & Javaux, E. (2019). An early fungus in the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada. Paper presented at Astrobiology Liège 2019.

Loron, C., François, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Borenzstajn, S., & Javaux, E. (2019). Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1217-0

Loron, C., Halverson, G. P., Rainbird, R. H., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2019). Diversification of complex life on the early Earth: the Proterozoic of Artic Canada as a case study. Paper presented at 19th EANA Astrobiology conference (Eana2019).

Loron, C., Halverson, G. P., Rainbird, R. H., Skulski, T., Turner, & Javaux, E. (2019). Diversification of complex life on the early Earth: the Proterozoic of Artic Canada as a case study. Poster session presented at 19th EANA Astrobiology conference (Eana2019).

Loron, C., & Javaux, E. (2019). An early fungus from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada. Paper presented at Séminaires du Département de Géologie.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Greenman, J. W., & Javaux, E. (2019). Organic-walled microfossils from the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic lower Shaler Supergroup (Arctic Canada): Diversity and biostratigraphic significance. Precambrian Research, 321, 349-374. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2018.12.024

Demaret, L., Malherbe, C., Javaux, E., & Eppe, G. (18 December 2018). Raman spectroscopy investigations on Mars: insights into analytical methods developments for organics detection in powdered minerals. Paper presented at "Astrobiology: from stars and planets to extreme life" FRS-FNRS Contact group - annual meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Javaux, E., & Wilmotte, A. (18 December 2018). Adaptations to extreme conditions: the strategy of the Antarctic cyanobacterium ULC007. Paper presented at Annual meeting of the FRS-FNRS Contact Group “Astrobiology: from stars and planets to extreme life”, Liège, Belgium.

Wilmotte, A., Beets, K., Santoro, M., Simons, V., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Javaux, E., Jacques, P., Cornet, L., & Baurain, D. (18 December 2018). BCCM/ULC: a collection of cyanobacteria linking Poles to Space. Paper presented at The FRS-FNRS Contact Group “Astrobiology: from stars and planets to extreme life”, in collaboration with the EOS ET-HOME project, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (21 November 2018). Early eukaryote Paleobiology and Evolution. Paper presented at Symposium “Early Life on Earth" sponsored by the Japan Academy of the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Nagoya University, commemorative symposium after the awarding ceremony of the 34th International Award for Biology, Nagoya, Japan.

François, C., Debaille, V., Paquette, J.-L., Baudet, D., & Javaux, E. (18 October 2018). The earliest evidence for modern-style plate tectonics recorded by HP–LT metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scientific Reports, 8 (15452). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33823-y

Loron, C., & Javaux, E. (11 October 2018). Back to the past: a glance at microscopic marine diversity 1 billion year ago. Paper presented at Journée du Centre Interuniversitaire de Biologie Marine (CIBIM).

Santoro, M., Beets, K., Simons, V., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Javaux, E., Jacques, P., Cornet, L., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (11 October 2018). The BCCM/ULC collection of cyanobacteria in the spotlight at ULiège. Poster session presented at Journée conjointe du Centre Inter Universitaire de Biologie Marine (CIBIM), de l’Ecole doctorale Biodiversité, Ecologie, Evolution auprès du FNRS et des collèges doctoraux d’Océanologie et de Biologie des organismes et Ecologie, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E., Jacques, P., & Wilmotte, A. (26 September 2018). Les Cyanobactéries, microscopiques mais fondamentales ! Paper presented at cours conférence collège Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Debaille, V., François, C., Javaux, E., O'Neill, C., & Brandon, A. D. (September 2018). Archean geodynamics and the onset of plate tectonics. Paper presented at GeoBonn 2018.

Gueneli, N., McKenna, A., Ohkouchi, Boreham, Beghin, J., Javaux, E., & Brocks, J. (2018). 1.1 billion years old porphyrins and their isotopic composition establish a marine ecosystem dominated by bacterial primary producers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1-9. doi:10.1073/pnas.1803866115

François, C., Debaille, V., Paquette, J.-L., Baudet, D., & Javaux, E. (June 2018). Paleoproterozoic HP-LT eclogites from the DRCongo: Implications for the onset of plate tectonics on Earth. Poster session presented at 50 Years of Plate Tectonics: Then, Now, and Beyond.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Sforna, M.-C., Beghin, J., Cornet, Y., Storme, J.-Y., Fagel, N., Fontaine, F., Littke, R., Baudet, D., Delvaux, D., & Javaux, E. (2018). Raman microspectroscopy, bitumen reflectance and illite crystallinity scale: comparison of different geothermometry methods on fossiliferous Proterozoic sedimentary basins (DR Congo, Mauritania and Australia). International Journal of Coal Geology. doi:10.1016/j.coal.2018.03.007

Demoulin, C., Lara, Y., François, C., & Javaux, E. (21 March 2018). Biosignatures of modern and fossil cyanobacteria. Poster session presented at COST Life Origins Workshop 2018, Bertinoro.

Giraldo Martin, M., Cornet, Y., & Javaux, E. (21 March 2018). Isolating kerogeneous organic-walled microfossils from Precambrian fine-grained siliciclastic rocks. Poster session presented at COST Oigins "Life on Earth and beyond: emergence, survivability, and impact on the environment", Bertinoro, Italy.

Cornet, Y., & Javaux, E. (20 March 2018). FTIR micro-spectroscopy: a tool to identify microfossils. Paper presented at COST Origins "Life on Earth and beyond: emergence, survivability, and impact on the environment", Bertinoro, Italy.

François, C., Debaille, V., Paquette, J.-L., Baudet, D., Kabamba Baludikay, B., & Javaux, E. (March 2018). Evidence of Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics: eclogitic subduction. Paper presented at COST Workshop 2018, Bertinoro.

Heubeck, C., Beukes, Javaux, E., Kakegawa, T., van Kranedonk, M., Lalonde, S., Homann, M., Marin-Carbonne, J., Mason, P., & Tice, M. (March 2018). Barberton Archean Surface Environments (BASE): Probing the Moodies Group, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Poster session presented at ICDP/IODP meeting Bochum, March, Germany, Bochum, Germany.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Sforna, M.-C., Beghin, J., Cornet, Y., Storme, J.-Y., Fagel, N., Fontaine, F., Littke, R., Baudet, D., Delvaux, D., & Javaux, E. (March 2018). Use of different geothermometry methods on fossiliferous Proterozoic sediments to constrain thermal maturity of microfossils and sedimentary basins (DRCongo, Mauritania & Australia). Poster session presented at COST Workshop 2018, Bertinoro.

Lara, Y., Beets, K., Simons, V., Durieu, B., Cornet, L., Santoro, M., Laughinghouse IV, H., Javaux, E., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (March 2018). Polar cyanobacteria in the BCCM/ULC collection : diversity and characterization. Poster session presented at COST Life Origin Final Workshop, Bertinoro, Italy.

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Pessi, I., Cornet, L., Baurain, D., Javaux, E., & Wilmotte, A. (March 2018). The survival toolkit of the Antarctic cyanobacterium Phormidesmis priestleyi ULC007. Paper presented at COST Life Origin Final Workshop, Bertinoro, Italy.

Shi, M., Feng, G., Zhao, C., Giraldo Martin, M., & Javaux, E. (March 2018). Microfossil assemblages from the Paleoproterozoic (Changcheng Group) and Mesoproterozoic (Huailai Group) of North China. Paper presented at Life on Earth and beyond: emergence, survivability, and impact on the environment, Bertinoro,, Italy.

Baludikay, B. K., François, C., Sforna, M.-C., Beghin, J., Cornet, Y., Storme, J.-Y., Fagel, N., Fontaine, F., Littke, R., Baudet, D., Delvaux, D., & Javaux, E. (2018). Raman reflectance on isolated Proterozoic microfossils: A fast and robust tool to assess thermal maturity of sedimentary basins. Poster session presented at Gordon Conference Geobiology.

Cornet, L., Bertrand, A., Hanikenne, M., Javaux, E., Wilmotte, A., & Baurain, D. (2018). Metagenomic assembly of new (sub)polar Cyanobacteria and their associated microbiome from non-axenic cultures. Microbial Genomics, 4. doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000212

Cornet, L., Meunier, L., Van Vlierberghe, M., Léonard, R., Durieu, B., Lara, Y., Misztak, A., Sirjacobs, D., Javaux, E., Philippe, H., Wilmotte, A., & Baurain, D. (2018). Consensus assessment of the contamination level of publicly available cyanobacterial genomes. PLoS ONE, 13 (7), 0200323. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200323

Cornet, L., Wilmotte, A., Javaux, E., & Baurain, D. (2018). A constrained SSU-rRNA phylogeny reveals the unsequenced diversity of photosynthetic Cyanobacteria (Oxyphotobacteria). BMC Research Notes, 11 (1), 435. doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3543-y

Demoulin, C., Lara, Y., François, C., & Javaux, E. (2018). Biosignatures of modern and fossil cyanobacteria. Paper presented at Groupe de Contact Astrobiologie, Liège, Belgium.

Frémat, Y., Van Eck, S., Aerts, C., Baes, M., Berghmans, D., Bruyninx, C., Buitink, S., David, M., Defraigne, P., Dehant, V., De Keyser, J., De Rijke, S., Fuzfa, A., Groenewegen, M., Hertog, T., Javaux, E., Jorissen, A., Keppens, R., Kolenberg, K., ... Van Hoolst, T. (2018). Research activities in Astronomy and Astrophysics in Belgium. Belgian Physical Society Magazine, 1-2018, 5-19.

Javaux, E., & lepot, K. (2018). The Paleoproterozoic fossil record: Implications for the evolution of the biosphere during Earth's middle-age. Earth-Science Reviews. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.10.001

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2018). Chasing Mesoproterozoic Eukaryotes: A sampling season in Arctic Canada. Paper presented at Groupe de Contact Astrobiologie, Liège, Belgium.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Greenman, W., & Javaux, E. (2018). Implications of selective predation on the macroevolution of eukaryotes: evidence from Arctic Canada. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences. doi:10.1042/ETLS20170153

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Greenman, W., & Javaux, E. (2018). Evidence for ealry predation in Arctic Canada and implication for the evolution of Eukaryotes. Paper presented at International Palaeontological Congress 2018, Paris, France.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Turner, E., Wilder, G., & Javaux, E. (2018). Evidence for earlier Proterozoic eukaryotic diversification in Arctic Canada. Paper presented at Cost meeting LifeOrigin 2018, Bertinoro, Italy.

Javaux, E. (2017). L’astrobiologie en question : controverses et fausses idées. Paper presented at cours conférence collège Belgique, Charleroi palais des beaux-arts, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2017). L’astrobiologie en question : controverses et fausses idées. Paper presented at Bruxelles Palais des Académies, collège Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Sforna, M.-C., Beghin, J., Cornet, Y., Fagel, N., Fontaine, F., Baudet, D., Delvaux, D., & Javaux, E. (16 August 2017). Thermal maturity estimation of carbonaceous material from proterozoic organic-walled microfossils assemblages (DRCongo, Mauritania and Australia) by using Raman spectroscopy. Paper presented at Goldschmidt2017's, Paris, France.

Cornet, Y., Beghin, J., Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2017). Early eukaryotes: insights from microanalyses of proterozoic microfossils. In Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2017.

François, C., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Baudet, D., Birck, J.-L., Storme, J.-Y., Paquette, J.-L., Fialin, M., Debaille, V., & Javaux, E. (2017). Different geochronological approaches to better constrain the diagenesis and sediment sources in the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup, (Proterozoic, DRCongo). In Goldschmidt Conference Abstract, Paris, France, 2017.

Javaux, E., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Beghin, J., Cornet, Y., Loron, C., & Sforna, M.-C. (2017). Mesoproterozoic eukaryotes diversification or the miscalled “Boring Billion”. Goldschmidt Abstracts.

Sforna, M.-C., Beghin, J., Debaille, V., Guilbaud, R., Poulton, S. W., Gueneli, N., Brocks, J. J., Blanpied, C., & Javaux, E. (August 2017). Redox-sensitive proxies to reconstruct detailed palaeoecological conditions in the 1.1 Ga Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania. Paper presented at Goldschmidt Conference 2017, Paris, France.

Beghin, J., Guilbaud, R., Poulton, S. W., Gueneli, N., Brocks, J., Storme, J.-Y., Blanpied, C., & Javaux, E. (19 July 2017). A palaeoecological model for the late Mesoproterozoic–early Neoproterozoic Atar/El Mreïti Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa. Precambrian Research, 299, 1-14. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.07.016

Demaret, L., Malherbe, C., Javaux, E., & Eppe, G. (July 2017). Detectability of targeted organics in mineral powders by Raman spectroscopy in preparation for the ExoMars 2020 mission. Poster session presented at Summer school - Impacts and their role in the evolution of life, Saaremaa, Estonia.

Kleinteich, J., Golubic, S., Pessi, I. S., Velázquez, D., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., Radtke, G., Lee, S.-J., Javaux, E., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2017). Cyanobacterial Contribution to Travertine Deposition in the Hoyoux River System, Belgium. Microbial Ecology, 74, 33-53. doi:10.1007/s00248-017-0937-7

François, C., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, Baudet, D., Paquette, J., Fialin, M., & Javaux, E. (2017). Contributions of U-Th-Pb dating on the diagenesis and sediment sources of the Lower Group (BI) of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Democratic Republic of Congo). Precambrian Research. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.06.012

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Renard, M., Beets, K., Stelmach Pessi, I., Cornet, L., Simons, V., Baurain, D., Javaux, E., Jacques, P., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). The BCCM/ULC collection to conserve the biodiversity and study the secondary metabolites of Antarctic cyanobacteria. In A. Van de Putte (Ed.), Book of abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017 (pp. 244). SCAR.

Javaux, E. (18 May 2017). The earliest eukaryotes. Paper presented at Agouron workshop "record of early eukaryotes in Arctic Canada", Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Greenman, W., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (18 May 2017). An exceptional Proterozoic assemblage of organic-walled microfossils and its implications for the early evolution of Eukaryotes. Paper presented at Agouron Workshop 2017; Unraveling the Record of Early Eukaryotic Evolution in Arctic Canada, Kingston, Canada.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Greenman, W., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (May 2017). An exquisitely diverse assemblage of organic-walled microfossils from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada and implications for the early evolution of Eukaryotes. Paper presented at GAC-MAC 2017: Back to Where it Began, Kingston, Canada.

Javaux, E. (17 April 2017). The oldest eucaryotes: challenges in interpreting the fossil record. Paper presented at Conferencias: Simbiosis y evolución: homenaje a Lynn Margulis, Mexico, Mexico.

Beghin, J., Storme, J.-Y., Blanpied, C., Gueneli, N., Brocks, J., Poulton, S., & Javaux, E. (April 2017). Microfossils from the late Mesoproterozoic – early Neoproterozoic Atar/El Mreïti Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, northwestern Africa. Precambrian Research, 291, 63-82. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.01.009

Javaux, E. (April 2017). Early Earth, Life and Astrobiology. Paper presented at ISSI-BEIJING ASTROBIOLOGY IN THE NEW AGE, Beijing, China.

Loron, C., Rainbird, R., Greenman, W., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (April 2017). An exceptionally preserved and diverse assemblage of organic-walled microfossils from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada. Paper presented at Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life, Varsovie, Poland.

Lepot, K., Addad, A., Knoll, A. H., Wang, J., Troadec, D., Béché, A., & Javaux, E. (23 March 2017). Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88Ga Gunflint Formation. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14890. doi:10.1038/ncomms14890

Javaux, E. (2017). L’astrobiologie en question : controverses et fausses idées. Paper presented at COURS-CONFERENCE Liège Creative & collège Belgique, Liège, Belgium.

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Cornet, L., Verlaine, O., Rippka, R., Stelmach Pessi, I., Misztak, A., Joris, B., Javaux, E., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). Draft genome sequence of the axenic strain Phormidesmis priestleyi ULC007, a cyanobacterium isolated from Lake Bruehwiler (Larsemann Hills, Antarctica). Genome Announcements, 01546-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01546-16

Demaret, L., Malherbe, C., Javaux, E., & Eppe, G. (February 2017). Analytical approach for the detectability of organics in mineral powders by Raman spectroscopy in preparation for future Mars exploration missions. Paper presented at FNRS astrobiology contact group & IAP Planet Topers joined meeting, Brussels, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2017). De l’origine de la vie et de son évolution. Paper presented at Grande Conférence Liégeoise, Verviers, verviers, Belgium.

Cornet, Y., Beghin, J., Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2017). Early eukaryote evolution: microanalyses of remarkable microfossils of the Late Mesoproterozoic–Early Neoproterozoic. Paper presented at Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life.

Demaret, L., Malherbe, C., Hutchinson, I., Ingley, R., Javaux, E., & Eppe, G. (2017). Raman spectroscopy investigation of fossil fumaroles: from bulk material to crushed powder analysis in preparation for Exomars 2020. Poster session presented at Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life, Warsow, Poland.

François, C., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Baudet, D., Birck, J.-L., Storme, J.-Y., Paquette, J.-L., Fialin, M., Debaille, V., & Javaux, E. (2017). How to date a sedimentary serie: Different approaches to better constrain the diversification of early eukaryotes in Central Africa (Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup, Proterozoic, DRCongo). In Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life Varsovie 2017.

Gargaud, M., Bontemps, S., Crida, A., Danger, G., Javaux, E., Lachière-Rey, M., Lopez-Garcia, P., Martin, H., Miot, J., Moreira, D., & Tassy, P. (2017). La plus grande histoire jamais contée, des origines de l’univers à la vie sur terre. Belin.

Javaux, E., & Knoll, A. H. (2017). MICROPALEONTOLOGY OF THE LOWER MESOPROTEROZOIC ROPER GROUP, AUSTRALIA, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY EUKARYOTIC EVOLUTION. Journal of Paleontology, 31. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.124

Josset, J.-L., Westall, F., Hofmann, B. A., Spray, J., Cockell, C., Kempe, S., Griffiths, A. D., De Sanctis, M. C., Colangeli, L., Koschny, D., Föllmi, K., Verrecchia, E., Diamond, L., Josset, M., Javaux, E., Esposito, F., Gunn, M., Souchon-Leitner, A. L., Bontognali, T. R. R., ... Vago, J. L. (2017). The Close-Up Imager Onboard the ESA ExoMars Rover: Objectives, Description, Operations, and Science Validation Activities. Astrobiology, 17 (6-7), 595-611. doi:10.1089/ast.2016.1546

Loron, C., Halverson, G., Rainbird, R., Skulski, T., Turner, E., & Javaux, E. (2017). A sampling season in Arctic Canada: the Dismal Lakes Group. Paper presented at Miscellanea palaeontologica 2017.

Loron, C., & Javaux, E. (2016). Diversity and paleobiology of Proterozoic organic-walled microfossils from Arctic Canada. In P. Steemans & P. Gerrienne (Eds.), Miscellanea palaeontologica 2016 (pp. 11). Liège, Belgium: ULg - Université de Liège.

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Renard, M., Stelmach Pessi, I., Cornet, L., Simons, V., Baurain, D., Javaux, E., Jacques, P., & Wilmotte, A. (16 November 2016). The BCCM/ULC collection to conserve the biodiversity and study the secondary metabolites of Polar cyanobacteria. Poster session presented at BIOFORUM 2016, Liège, Belgium.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Storme, J.-Y., Baudet, D., & Javaux, E. (31 August 2016). Biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy and kerogen paleothermometry of the Proterozoic Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Kasaï, Democratic Republic of Congo). Paper presented at 35ème International Geological Congres (IGC), Cape Town, South Africa.

Javaux, E. (August 2016). Evolution of biological innovations in early complex cells. Paper presented at International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, J.-Y., François, C., Baudet, D., & Javaux, E. (10 June 2016). A diverse and exquisitely preserved organic-walled microfossil assemblage from the Meso–Neoproterozoic Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Democratic Republic of Congo) and implications for Proterozoic biostratigraphy. Precambrian Research, 281, 166-184. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.017

Dehant, V., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Beghin, J., Breuer, D., Claeys, P., Cornet, Y., Cornet, L., Debaille, V., EL Atrassi, F., François, C., De Keyser, J., Gillman, C., Goderis, S., Hidaka, Y., Honing, D., Hublet, G., Javaux, E., Karatekin, O., Maes, L., ... Wilquet, V. (June 2016). PLANET TOPERS: Planets, Tracing the Transfer, Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of their ReservoirS. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, DOI 10.1007/s11084-016-9488. doi:10.1007/s11084-016-9488-z

Beghin, J., Guilbaud, R., Poulton, S., Gueneli, N., Brocks, J. J., Storme, J.-Y., Blanpied, C., & Javaux, E. (22 April 2016). Towards a palaeoecological model of the Mesoproterozoic Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania, Northwestern Africa: implications for early eukaryote evolution. Paper presented at EGU - 2016.

Javaux, E. (February 2016). Evolution of biological innovations in early complex cells: insights from the fossil record. Paper presented at Evolution of Cells, Genomes and Proteins meeting, Singapore, Singapore.

Allan, M., VERHEYDEN, S., Le roux, G., Javaux, E., PIOTROWSKA, N., & Fagel, N. (27 January 2016). Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstructions from Belgian peatbog. Paper presented at The 5th International Geologica Belgica Congress (GB2016), Mons, Belgium.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, J.-Y., Baudet, D., François, C., & Javaux, E. (27 January 2016). Organic-walled microfossil assemblage and Chemostratigraphy of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Democratic Republic of Congo): Evidence for a Late Mesoproterozoic-Early Neoproterozoic age. Paper presented at 5th International Geologica Belgica Congress, Mons, Belgium.

Cornet, Y., Beghin, J., Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Storme, J.-Y., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2016). Microanalyzes of remarkable microfossils of the Late Mesoproterozoic–Early Neoproterozoic. In European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016 Vienna, Austria, 2016.

François, C., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, J.-Y., Baudet, D., Paquette, J.-L., Fialin, M., Debaille, V., Birck, J.-L., & Javaux, E. (2016). Multi-dating approaches applied to the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Proterozoic, DRCongo) to constrain the diversification of early eukaryotes in Central Africa. In IGC 2016.

François, C., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, J.-Y., Baudet, D., Paquette, J.-L., Fialin, M., Debaille, V., & Javaux, E. (2016). New geochronological history of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Proterozoic, DRC) through U-Pb and Sm-Nd dating. In European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016 Vienna, Austria, 2016.

Javaux, E. (2016). Premières traces et diversification de la vie (Chap. XI). In V. Mastrangelo (Ed.), Formation des systèmes stellaires et planétaires et conditions d’apparition de la vie (pp. 1-12). Nancy, France: AEIS EDP Sciences.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, J.-Y., Baudet, D., François, C., & Javaux, E. (2016). Thermal maturity of carbonaceous material from Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo). In European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016 Vienna, Austria, 2016.

De Wever, P., Douzery, E., Ekstrom, S., Javaux, E., Gargaud, M., Lecointre, G., Longo, G., & Martin, H. (2015). Chronomètres et échelles de durée. In M. Gargaud & G. Lecointre (Eds.), l’Evolution : de l’univers aux sociétés, objets et concepts (pp. 41-90). Editions Matériologiques.

De Wever, P., Lecointre, G., & Javaux, E. (2015). Géosphère et biosphère : une histoire intriquée. In M. Gargaud & G. Lecointre (Eds.), l’Evolution : de l’univers aux sociétés, objets et concepts (pp. 343-374). Editions Matériologiques.

Martin, H., Bibring, J.-P., de Wever, P., Gargaud, M., Javaux, E., Masson-Delmotte, V., & Pinti, D. (2015). Planète Terre et système Terre. In M. Gargaud & G. Lecointre (Eds.), l’Evolution : de l’univers aux sociétés, objets et concepts (pp. 247-266). Editions Matériologiques.

Versteegh, G. J. M., Cascales-Miñana, B., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., Servais, T., Storme, J.-Y., & Tinn, O. (October 2015). Lipid analysis on a putative early land plant and its matrix: Preliminary results. Paper presented at NFSR working group meeting. Palynologists and Plant Micropalaeontologist of Belgium.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, J.-Y., Baudet, D., François, C., & Javaux, E. (21 August 2015). Biostratigraphy constraints on chemostratigraphy of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo: Evidence for a Late Mesoproterozoic-Early Neoproterozoic. Paper presented at Goldschmidt2015, PRAGUE, Czechia.

Storme, J.-Y., Golubic, S., Wilmotte, A., Kleinteich, J., Velazquez, D., & Javaux, E. (21 August 2015). Raman characterization of the UV-protective pigment gloeocapsin and its role in the survival of cyanobacteria. Paper presented at Goldschmit 2015.

Wilmotte, A., Golubic, S., Kleinteich, J., Stelmach Pessi, I., Velazquez, D., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (03 August 2015). Contribution of cyanobacteria to the building of travertines in a calcareous stream. Poster session presented at 15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tubingen, Germany.

Javaux, E. (2015). La vie ailleurs ? Paper presented at 53eme congrès des professeurs de scienceS, Liège, Belgium.

Sugitani, Mimura, K., Takeuchi, M., Lepot, K., Ito, S., & Javaux, E. (2015). Early evolution of large micro-organisms with cytological complexity revealed by microanalyses of 3.4 Ga organic-walled microfossils. Geobiology. doi:10.1111/gbi.12148

Javaux, E. (2015). qu’est-ce qu’une planète ou lune habitable ?

Javaux, E. (22 April 2015). Paleobiology and evolution of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Yale Spring colloquium, The Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven USA, United States.

Javaux, E. (March 2015). Interpreting the record of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Interpreting thWorkshop “Eukaryo-/archaeogenesis; where do we stand?”, The Company of Biologists, Wiston House, Wilton Park, Sussex, UK March 8-11th 2015, Wiston House, Wilton Park, Sussex,, United Kingdom.

Kleinteich, J., Stelmach Pessi, I., Velazquez, D., Javaux, E., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., Golubic, S., & Wilmotte, A. (February 2015). Cyanobacteria - the constructors of travertines? Paper presented at 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting 'Aquatic Sciences: global and regional perspectives - North meets South', Grenada, Spain.

Beghin, J., Poulton, S., Gueneli, N., Brocks, J., Storme, J.-Y., Blanpied, C., & Javaux, E. (2015). Towards a palaeoecological model of the Mesoproterozoic Taoudeni basin. Paper presented at Goldschmidt Conference 2015.

Cornet, Y., Storme, J.-Y., Compère, P., Butterfield, N., & Javaux, E. (2015). Ultrastructural and chemical characterization of the Cryogenian acritarch Cerebrosphaera. In Goldschmidt Abstract (pp. 1).

François, C., Kabamba Baludikay, B., Storme, J.-Y., Baudet, D., & Javaux, E. (2015). Geochronological constraints on the diagenesis of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In Goldschmidt Conference Abstract, Prague, CZ, 2015.

Gargaud, M., Albarede, F., Arndt, N., Cleaves, J., Gounelle, M., Javaux, E., Pinti, D., & Raymon. (2015). Chronological history of life on Earth. In In Gargaud et al, 2015. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, 2nd Edition Springer. springer.

Gargaud, M., Amils, R., Cernichicaro Quintanilla, J., Cleaves, H., Irvine, W., Pinti, D., Rouan, D., Spohn, T., Tirard, S., Albarede, F., Arndt, N., Javaux, E., Prantzos, N., Stahler, S., Raymond, S., Ehrenfreund, P., Charnley, S., Encenaz, T., Latham, D., ... Gomez, F. (Eds.). (2015). Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, 2nd Edition. springer.

Javaux, E. (2015). Acid maceration, Acritarchs, Amoebae, Belcher Group Microfossils, Biomarkers, Bitumen, Dubiofossil, Eukaryotes, appearance and early evolution of, Fossil, Gunflint microbiota, Kerogen, Microfossils, Pseudofossil, Ultrastructure. In In Gargaud et al, 2015. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E., & Knoll, A. (2015). Micropaleontology of the lower Mesoproterozoic Roper Group, Australia, and implications for early eukaryotic evolution. Paper presented at Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, Czechia.

Lepot, K., Addad, A., Knoll, A., Béché, A., & Javaux, E. (2015). Specie-specific intracellular iron biomineralization in a 1.9 Ga microfossil assemblage. Paper presented at Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, Czechia.

Storme, J.-Y., Golubic, S., Wilmotte, A., Kleinteich, J., Velazquez, D., & Javaux, E. (2015). Raman characterization of the UV-protective pigment gloeocapsin and its role in the survival of cyanobacteria. Astrobiology, 15 (10). doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1292

Kabamba Baludikay, B., Bekker, A., Baudet, D., Storme, J.-Y., & Javaux, E. (16 December 2014). Biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic constraints of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo. Poster session presented at Journée des jeunes chercheurs d'outre-mer, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Beghin, J., Poulton, S., Gueneli, N., Brocks, J., Blanpied, C., Houzay, J.-P., Storme, J.-Y., & Javaux, E. (03 November 2014). BIODIVERSITY AND REDOX CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PROTEROZOIC TAOUDENI BASIN OF MAURITANIA. Paper presented at Astrobiology FNRS Contact Group & IAP PLANET TOPERS Annual Meeting 2014.

Cornet, L., Javaux, E., Wilmotte, A., Hervé, P., & Baurain, D. (03 November 2014). A Phylogenomic analysis of the origin of plastids. Paper presented at IUAP Planet TOPERS meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., Bekker, A., Baudet, D., Storme, J.-Y., & Javaux, E. (03 November 2014). Biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic constraints of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup (Meso-Neoproterozoic age), Democratic Republic of Congo. Paper presented at Astrobiology FNRS Contact Group & IAP PLANET TOPERS 4th Annual Meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Beghin, J., Poulton, S., Gueneli, N., Brocks, J., Storme, J.-Y., Blanpied, C., Houzay, J.-P., & Javaux, E. (September 2014). BIODIVERSITY AND REDOX CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PROTEROZOIC TAOUDENI BASIN OF MAURITANIA. Paper presented at 4th International Palaeontological Congress.

Lepot, K., Compère, P., Gerard, E., Namsaraev, Z., Verleyen, E., Tavernier, Hogdson, D. A., Vyverman, W., Gilbert, B., Wilmotte, A., & Javaux, E. (August 2014). Organic and mineral imprints in fossil photosynthetic mats of an East Antarctic lake. Geobiology, 12 (5), 424-450. doi:10.1111/gbi.12096

Cornet, L., Javaux, E., Wilmotte, A., Philippe, H., & Baurain, D. (24 June 2014). A Phylogenomic analysis of the origin of plastids. Paper presented at ESF-EMBO Symposium Biology of Platsids, Pultusk, Poland.

Beghin, J., Javaux, E., Houzay, J.-P. (Other coll.), & Blanpied, C. (Other coll.). (2014). Microfossils’ diversity from the Proterozoic Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania. In European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014 Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May 2014 (abstract book).

Javaux, E. (2014). Des nouvelles de la planète Mars.

Javaux, E. (2014). Des nouvelles de la planète Mars.

Kabamba Baludikay, B., Bekker, A., Baudet, D., Asael, D., Storme, J.-Y., & Javaux, E. (2014). Micropaleontology and chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16 (EGU2014).

Storme, J.-Y., Javaux, E., & ICDP team. (2014). Carbonaceous material characterization of the 3.2 Ga Mapepe Fm, Fig Tree Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa (BARB 5 drill core, ICDP Project, Cradle of Life): new insights from Micro Raman Spectroscopy analysis. In 21 st General Meeting of IMA South Africa 2014 Abstract Volume.

Javaux, E., Beghin, J., Houzay, J., & Blanpied, C. (August 2013). The « boring billion » : an exciting time for early eukaryotes ! Paper presented at Goldschmidt conference, Florence, Italy.

Javaux, E. (June 2013). The first three billion years of life Evolution. Paper presented at 1st Astrobiology Education workshop, Höör, Sweden.

Dehant, V., Van Hoolst, T., Breuer, D., Claeys, P., Debaille, V., De Keyser, J., Javaux, E., Goderis, S., Karatekin, O., Mattielli, N., Noack, L., Spohn, T., Vandaele, A. C., Vanhaecke, F., & Wilquet, V. (April 2013). Planet TOPERS: Planets, Tracing the Transfer, Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of Their Reservoirs. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15, 2013-4424.

Jehin, E., Javaux, E., Magain, P., & Gillon, M. (2013). L’eau dans l’univers. Paper presented at Grandes Conférences Liégeoises, Verviers, Belgium.

Allan, M., Beghin, J., Le Roux, G., Piotrowska, N., Javaux, E., Court-Picon, M., Mattielli, N., Verheyden, S., & Fagel, N. (2013). Mid and late Holocene dust deposition in Western Europe: The Misten peat bog (Hautes Fagnes - Belgium). Climate of the Past, 9 (2889-2928,). doi:10.5194/cp-9-2285-2013

Javaux, E., Asael, D., Bekker, A., Debaille, V., Derenne., S., Hofmann, A., Mattielli, N., & Poulton, S. (2013). Identifying early Earth microfossils in unsilicified sediments. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15, 2013-7748-2.

Javaux, E. (07 December 2012). Les trois premiers miliards d’années d’évolution de la vie. Paper presented at conférence invitée, Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

Javaux, E. (2012). How did I become a scientist. Paper presented at Green Light for Girls, Mol, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (06 October 2012). Les trois premiers miliards d’années d’évolution de la vie. Paper presented at réunion de la classe des Sciences de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Beghin, J., Fagel, N., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., & Streel, M. (12 September 2012). A climate model from 200 AD to 1200 AD for the Hautes-Fagnes plateau (East Belgium) : based on pollen grains, testate amoebae, and humification analyses. Poster session presented at 4th International Geologica Belgica Meeting, Brussels, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (September 2012). The diversification of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Geologica Belgica Annual meeting, Brussels, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (August 2012). The Proterozoic record of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at IGC International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Australia.

Javaux, E. (2012). En quête de signatures de vie. Culture, le Magazine Culturel de l'Université de Liège.

Dehant, V., Breuer, D., Claeys, P., Debaille, V., De Keyser, J., Javaux, E., Goderis, S., Karatekin, Ö., Spohn, T., Vandaele, A. C., Vanhaecke, F., Van Hoolst, T., & Wilquet, V. (2012). From meteorites to evolution and habitability of planets. Planetary and Space Science. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.05.018

Le Hérissé, A., Masure, E., Javaux, E., & Marshall, C. (June 2012). The end of a myth:Arpylorus antiquus Paleozoic dinoflagellate. PALAIOS, 27, 414-423. doi:10.2110/palo.2011.p11-110r

Javaux, E. (2012). les débuts de la vie sur la terre et ailleurs? Paper presented at Conférence de la Société Astromique de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (03 May 2012). Habitabilité et biosignatures, de la Terre à l'espace. Paper presented at séminaire du département d'Astrophysique, géophysique et Océanographie, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2012). Les débuts de la vie sur Terre, et ailleurs ? Ciel (Le), p. 168-169.

Josset, J.-L., Westall, F., Hofmann, B. A., Spray, J. G., Cockell, C., Kempe, S., Griffiths, A. D., De Sanctis, M. C., Colangeli, L., Koschny, D., Pullan, D., Föllmi, K., Diamond, L., Javaux, E., Esposito, F., & Barnes, D. (April 2012). CLUPI, a high-performance imaging system on the ESA-NASA rover of the 2018 ExoMars mission to discover biofabrics on Mars. Paper presented at EGU European geoscience Union annual meeting, Vienna, Austria.

Josset, J.-L., Westall, F., Hofmann, B. A., Spray, J. G., Cockell, C., Kempe, S., Griffiths, A. D., De Sanctis, M. C., Colangeli, L., Koschny, D., Pullan, D., Föllmi, K., Diamond, L., Josset, M., Javaux, E., Esposito, F., Barnes, D., & Giesen, N. (2012). CLUPI, a high-performance imaging system on the ESA-NASA rover of the 2018 ExoMars mission to discover biofabrics on Mars. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. 13616).

Beghin, J., Demoulin, A., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., & Streel, M. (01 March 2012). A climate model from 80 AD to 1350 AD for the Hautes Fagnes plateau (Belgium), based on pollen grains, testate amoebae and humification analyses. Application of the model to Subatlantic palaeolandslides in the Pays de Herve (eastern Belgium). Paper presented at Belqua, Brussels, Belgium.

Javaux, E., Lepot, K., van Zuilen, M., Melezhik, V., & Medvedev, P. (2012). Palaeoproterozoic Microfossils (chap 7.11.2.). In V. Melezhik, A. E. Fallick, L. R. Kump, A. Lepland, A. R. Prave, ... H. Strauss (Eds.), Reading the Archive of Earth’s Oxygenation (pp. 1-22). springer.

Javaux, E. (21 October 2011). Macroevolution in early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Enigmas in the evolution of Life: Symposium of the research theme “Astrobiology: Past, Present, and Future”, Lund, Sweden.

Javaux, E. (October 2011). Microfossils from early Earth. Nature Geoscience, 4 (10), 663-665. doi:10.1038/ngeo1279

Josset, J. L., Westall, F., Hoffmann, B. A., Spray, J. G., Cockell, C., Kempe, S., Griffiths, A. D., Coradini, A., Colangeli, L., Koschny, D., Pullan, D., Föllmi, K., Diamond, L., Josset, M., Javaux, E., & Esposito, F. (October 2011). CLUPI, a high-performance imaging system on the roverof the 2018 mission to discover biofabrics on Mars. Paper presented at EPSC European Planetary Science Congress, Nantes, France.

Josset, J. L., Westall, F., Hofmann, B. A., Spray, Cockell, C., kempe, S., Griffiths, Coradini, Colangeli, Koschny, Pullan, Föllmi, Diamond, Josset, M., Javaux, E., & Esposito. (08 April 2011). CLUPI: the High-Performance Close-up Camera System on board the 2018 ExoMars Rover. Paper presented at European Geoscience Union EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Lepot, K., Deremiens, Namsaraev, Z., Compère, P., Gérard, E., Verleyen, E., Tavernier, Hodgson, Wilmotte, A., & Javaux, E. (07 April 2011). Organo-mineral imprints in fossil cyanobacterial mats of an Antarctic lake. Poster session presented at European Geoscience Union EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Javaux, E. (04 April 2011). Macroevolution in early eukaryotes. Paper presented at European Geoscience Union EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Gargaud, M., Amils, R., Cernichicaro, Cleaves, J., Pinti, D., Viso, M., Albarede, F., Arndt, N., Javaux, E., Prantzos, Stahler, Raymond, Rouan, Ehrenfreund, Charnley, Spohn, Encrenaz, Latham, Kaltenegger, ... Tirard (Eds.). (2011). ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTROBIOLOGY. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Ultrastructure. In M. Gargaud, D. Pinti, R. Amils, Cernichicaro, J. Cleaves, N. Arndt, E. Javaux, M. Viso, F. Albarede, N. Prantzos, Stahler, kaltenegger, Kobabayashi, Horneck, Bersini, Gomez, ... Tirard (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology (pp. 1). Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). pseudofossil. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). origines de la vie: où, quand, comment? Paper presented at Printemps des Sciences 2011, Liège sart-Tilman, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2011). Morphological Biomarkers. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Microfossils. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Macroevolution in early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Seminar GAP, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.

Javaux, E. (2011). kerogen. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Gunflint microbiota. In M. Gargaud, D. Pinti, R. Amils, J. Cernichicaro, J. Cleaves, M. Viso, ... Kobabayashi (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology (pp. 1-5). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). fossil. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Evolution of early eukaryotes in Precambrian oceans. In M. Gargaud, P. Lopez-Gracia, ... H. Martin (Eds.), Origins and Evolution of Life: an astrobiological perspective (pp. 414-449). Cambridge University Press.

Javaux, E. (2011). dubiofossil. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). bitumen. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Biomarkers, biosignatures, traces of life. In Gargaud et al, Encyclopedai of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Belcher Group Microfossils. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Appearance and early evolution of eukaryotes. In Gargaud et al, Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Amoebae. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology.

Javaux, E. (January 2011). acritarchs in Archean shallow-marine siliciclastic deposits. Paper presented at Gordon Research Conference Geobiology, ventura, United States - California.

Javaux, E. (2011). Acritarchs. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (2011). Acid maceration. In Gargaud et al (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer.

Javaux, E. (08 December 2010). Traces of early life in 3.2 Ga old mud: an analog for the search for life on Mars. Paper presented at NFSR Contact Group workshop "Astrobiology: from stars and planets to extreme life"", Brussels, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (December 2010). Pattern of early eukaryote evolution in Precambrian oceans. Poster session presented at Palass, Gand, Belgium.

Javaux, E., Lepot, K., Deremiens, L., Namsaraev, Z., Compère, P., Gérard, E., verleyen, E., Tavernier, I., Hodgson, Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (December 2010). Organo-mineral imprints in fossil cyanobacterial mats of an Antarctic lake. Poster session presented at AGU, San Diego, United States - California.

Javaux, E., Marshall, C., & Bekker, A. (30 November 2010). La vie à 3.2 milliards d'années. Paper presented at Réunion du groupe de contact FNRS PPMB, Liège, Belgium.

Sugitani, K., Grey, K., Van Kranendonk, M., Oehler, D., Javaux, E., Lepot, K., & Walter, M. (September 2010). NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE Early EVOLUTION OF LiFe: EVIDENCE FROM THE pilbara craton. Paper presented at 5th Archean Symposium, Perth, Australia.

El Albani, A., Bengtson, S., Canfield, D., Bekker, A., Macchiarelli, R., Mazurier, A., Hammarlund, E., Boulvais, P., Dupuy, J.-J., Fontaine, C., Fürsich, F. T., Gauthier-Lafaye, F., Janvier, P., Javaux, E., Ossa Ossa, F., Pierson-Wickmann, A.-C., Riboulleau, A., Sardini, P., Vachard, D., ... Meunier, A. (01 July 2010). Large colonial organisms with coordinated growth in oxygenated environments 2.1 Gyr ago. Nature, 466, 100-104. doi:10.1038/nature09166

Javaux, E., Marshall, C., & Bekker, A. (June 2010). LARGE ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS IN MESOARCHEAN SHALLOW-MARINE SILICICLASTIC DEPOSITS. Paper presented at International Paleontological Congress IPC2010, London, United Kingdom.

Court-Picon, M., Streel, M., Luthers, C., De Vleeschouwer, F., Mauquoy, D., Fagel, N., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., Damblon, F., Le Roux, G., Piotrowska, N., Sikorskie, J., Allan, M., Mattielli, N., Brack, J., Wastiaux, C., Hindryckx, M.-N., & Leclercq, L. (2010). Climatic and anthropogenic palaeoenvironmental changes over the last 1500 years in Hautes-Fagnes (East Belgium): the high-resolution multiproxy record of the Misten peat bog. Paper presented at EPPC, Budapest, Hungary.

De Vleeschouwer, F., Fagel, N., Allan, M., Javaux, E., Gerrienne, P., Streel, M., Luthers, C., Hindryckx, M.-N., Wastiaux, C., & Leclercq, L. (2010). Spatio-temporal natural and anthropogenic environmental variability during the last 1500yrs in an ombrotrophic bog (East Belgium). Poster session presented at EGU General Assembly.

De Vleeschouwer, F., Fagel, N., Mauquoy, D., Streel, M., Luthers, C., Damblon, F., Court-Picon, M., Le Roux, G., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., & Leclercq, L. (2010). Multiproxy, multicore palaeoenvironmental study during the last millennium in the Misten peat bog (Hautes Fagnes, East Belgium). Paper presented at BELQUA.

De Vleeschouwer, F., Fagel, N., Mauquoy, D., Streel, M., Luthers, C., Damblon, F., Court-Picon, M., Le Roux, G., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., & Leclercq, L. (2010). Multiproxy, multicore palaeoenvironmental study during the last millennium in the Misten peat bog (Hautes Fagnes, East Belgium). Poster session presented at European Geosciences Union annual Meeting, Vienne, Austria.

De Vleeschouwer, F., Luthers, C., Streel, M., Fagel, N., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., Wastiaux, C., & Leclercq, L. (2010). Recherche d’intérêt général et pluridisciplinaire relative aux modalités de l’accumulation récente de la tourbe dans la tourbière ombrogène du Misten (Hautes-Fagnes) en relation avec les changements climatiques et les effets des activités humaines. (convention SPW (DGOARNE) – ULg (SSHF), Visa 08/13701, inédit). Région wallonne.

Javaux, E. (2010). Origine de la vie : où, quand, comment ? Paper presented at les Midis de l’Emulation, Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2010). Les traces de vie au Précambrien et la fossilisation. Paper presented at RED10 Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants, Teich, France.

Javaux, E. (2010). La vie hors du système solaire, science ou fiction ? Paper presented at Café des Sciences, Centre culturel Uccle, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2010). La vie dans l’univers. Paper presented at conférence du centre laïque, Barvaux, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2010). Evolution de la biosphère précambrienne. (ULiège - Université de Liège, GEOL1022-1).

Javaux, E. (2010). Astrobiologie : origine, évolution et distribution de la vie dans l’univers. Paper presented at cycle de conférences du "kot astro" UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.

Javaux, E., & Dehant, V. (2010). Habitability from stars to cells. Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 18 (DOI: 10.1007/s00159-010-0030-4), 1-34. doi:10.1007/s00159-010-0030-4

Javaux, E., Marshall, C. P., & Bekker, A. (2010). Organic-walled microfossils in 3.2-billion-year-old shallow-marine siliciclastic deposits. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature08793 (463), 934-938. doi:10.1038/nature08793

Steemans, P., Lepot, K., Marshall, C., Le Hérissé, A., & Javaux, E. (2010). FTIR characterisation of the chemical composition of Silurian miospores (cryptospores and trilete spores) from Gotland, Sweden. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 162, 577-590. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.07.006

van Hengstum, P. J., Scott, D., & Javaux, E. (October 2009). Microfossil evidence for +21 m eustatic sea level during marine isotope stage 11. Paper presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, United States.

Claeys, P., & Javaux, E. (2009). Évolution de la Terre et de la vie pendant les quatre premiers milliards d’années. Paper presented at cours-conférence du Collège Belgique. Académie Royale des Sciences, Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium.

De Vleeschouwer, F., Fagel, N., Mauquoy, D., Streel, M., Luthers, C., Damblon, F., Court-Picon, M., Le Roux, G., Gerrienne, P., Javaux, E., & Leclercq, L. (2009). Multiproxy, multicore palaeoenvironmental study during the last millennium in the Misten peat bog (Hautes Fagnes, East Belgium). Poster session presented at Geologica Belgica annual meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2009). Origin and early evolution of life. Paper presented at Recipient of Chair Willy Calewaert to Darwin.

Javaux, E. (2009). Les premières traces de vie. Paper presented at congrès de l'APBG (association des professeurs de biologie et géologie) et Académie des Sciences, Paris, France.

Javaux, E. (2009). Les premières traces de vie. Paper presented at conférences de l'AGAB (Association des géologues amateurs de Belgique).

Javaux, E. (2009). Evolution de la vie pendant les quatre premiers milliards d’années. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 79, 354-355.

Javaux, E., & Benzerara, K. (2009). Microfossils. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 8 (7), 605-615. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2009.04.004

Javaux, E., Dehant, V., & Muller, C. (2009). EANA European Astrobiology workhop, Program and abstracts.

Javaux, E., Wilmotte, A., Claeys, P., Reisse, J., & Nazé, Y. (2009). Astrobiologie cours-conférence du Collège Belgique (ARB). (Académie Royale Des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts, Collège Belgique).

Lepot, K., Philippot, P., Benzerara, K., & Javaux, E. (2009). Searching for traces of life in ancient stromatolites down to the nanoscale. Paper presented at European Astrobiology Network Association Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium.

Steemans, P., Javaux, E., Breuer, P., Le Hérissé, A., Marshall, C., & de Ville de Goyet, F. (2009). Description and microscale analysis of some enigmatic palynomorphs from the Middle Devonian (Givetian of Libya). Palynology, 33, 101-112. doi:10.2113/gspalynol.33.1.101

van hengstum, P. J., Scott, D., & Javaux, E. (2009). Foraminifera in elevated Bermudian caves provide further evidence for +21 m eustatic sea level during Marine Isotope Stage 11. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (19-20), 1850-1860. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.05.017

Wilmotte, A., & Javaux, E. (2009). Diversité et limites de la vie. Paper presented at cours-conférence Collège Belgique. Académie Royale des Sciences, Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Medvedev, P., & Javaux, E. (April 2008). Microfossils in Paleoproterozoic siliciclastic successions of Karelia, Russia. Paper presented at European Geosciences Union Annual meeting, Vienna, Austria.

Bada, J. L., Gomez-Elvira, J., Javaux, E., Rosing, M., Selsis, F., Summons, R., Bonnet, R. M., & Botta, O. (2008). Strategies of life detection - Foreword. Space Science Reviews, 135 (1-4), 1-3. doi:10.1007/s11214-008-9328-1

Botta, O., Bada, J. L., Gomez-Elvira, J., Javaux, E., Selsis, F., & Summons, R. (2008). "Strategies of life detection": Summary and outlook. Space Science Reviews, 135 (1-4), 371-380. doi:10.1007/s11214-008-9357-9

Botta, O., Javaux, E., Summons, R., Rosing, M., Bada, J., Gomez Alvira, J., & Selsis, F. (Eds.). (2008). Strategies for life detection. springer verlag.

Dehant, V., & Javaux, E. (Eds.). (2008). Water and Habitability, FNRS contact group workshop, Abstracts and Program, ROB Brussels nov 20th 2008.

Javaux, E. (2008). planètes habitables-planète habitée. Paper presented at Printemps des Sciences, ULg.

Javaux, E. (2008). Microfossil assemblage from Mauritania: implications for Proterozoic biosphere evolution. Paper presented at Total research workshop, Paris, France.

Javaux, E. (2008). « Les premières traces de vie. Paper presented at Des étoiles à la vie.Cycles de Conférences grand public, Cafés des sciences et Exposition dans le cadre de l’année internationale de la Planète Terre, Bordeaux, France.

Javaux, E. (2008). Evolution of early life in Precambrian oceans, implications for astrobiology. Paper presented at Geologica Belgica Annual Meeting.

Javaux, E. (2008). Evolution de la biosphère au Précambrien et implications pour l’astrobiologie. Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences. Académie Royale de Belgique, XVIII (1-6), 1-39.

Javaux, E. (2008). Deciphering the record of early life in Precambrian oceans. Paper presented at conferences of the Centro de Astrobiologia, Madrid, Spain.

Javaux, E. (2008). Astrobiology : origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe. CAPAS Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Sciences.

Javaux, E., Claeys, P., Dehant, V., Galleni, M., Reisse, J., Wilmotte, A., & Nazé, Y. (2008). Astrobiologie. (Geol0263-1, Geol0263-2).

Javaux, E., Marshall, C., & Bekker, A. (2008). Probable microfossils in 3.2 Ga-old shallow-water siliciclastic deposits. Paper presented at ESF Archenviron workshop, Vienna, Austria.

Javaux, E., Marshall, C., & Bekker, A. (2008). Organic-walled microfossils in Mesoarchean shallow-water siliciclastic deposits. Paper presented at International Society for the Study of the Origins of life and Astrobiology ISSOL08, Florence, Italy.

Javaux, E., Dehant, V., & Claeys, P. (2007). Astrobiology and Habitability, FNRS contact group workshop, Abstracts and Program, June 12th 2007 Royal Academy of Sciences, Brussels.

Javaux, E. (2007). The early eukaryotic fossa record. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 607, 1-19. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-74021-8_1

Javaux, E. (2007). Rapport de la convention de recherche FR00001481 pour TOTAL.

Javaux, E. (2007). Patterns of diversification in early eukaryotes. In P. Steemans & E. Javaux, Recent advances in palynology (pp. 38-42).

Javaux, E. (2007). Paléontologie, partim micropaléontologie. (ULiège - Université de Liège, PALEO209-1).

Javaux, E. (2007). origine, évolution et distribution de la vie dans l’univers. Paper presented at Printemps des Sciences, FNDP, Namur, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2007). Microfossils in siliciclastics : a window into Proterozoic and Archean life. Paper presented at ESF “Archenviron”workshop, Rio Tinto, Spain.

Javaux, E. (2007). La vie : extrêmement vieille, extrêmement résistante, extrêmement loin ? Paper presented at Printemps des Sciences, ULg, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2007). L’origine de la vie dans l’univers. Paper presented at conférence du Groupe Astronomie de Spa, Spa, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2007). Evolution of early Earth biosphere and implications for astrobiology.

Javaux, E. (2007). Evolution des eucaryotes au précambrien. Paper presented at EXOBIO' 07- Propriano des soleils à la vie: où, quand, comment ?, Propriano, France.

Javaux, E. (2007). Evolution de la biosphère au précambrien et implications pour l’astrobiologie.

Javaux, E. (2007). Astrobiology : origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe. CAPAS comptes-rendus.

Javaux, E., & Gérard, J.-C. (2007). La vie dans le système solaire. Paper presented at « Savoir rêver, savoirs rêvés », Exposition Jules verne, Région Wallonne, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E., & Marshall, C. P. (2007). Deciphering the record of early life in Precambrian oceans using combined microscopy and microchemistry of organic-walled microfossils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71 (15), 442.

Steemans, P., & Javaux, E. (2007). Recent advances in palynology. Carnets de Géologie, Memoir 2007/01, 1-73.

Javaux, E. (September 2006). Evolution de la biosphère au précambrien et implications pour l’astrobiologie. Paper presented at Conférence Soc Royale des Sciences de Liège.

Javaux, E., Mergeay, M., & Dehant, V. (2006). Astrobiology and Habitability workshop, Abstracts and Program, June 13th 2006 Brussels SCKCEN headquarters.

Javaux, E., & Marshall, C. (June 2006). Early life evolution, habitats and biosignatures. Astrobiology and Habitability workshop. Paper presented at Astrobiology and Habitability workshop.

Javaux, E. (April 2006). Criteria for biogenicity of morphological signatures. Paper presented at International Space Science Institute, Workshop on “Strategies for Life Detection”, Bern, Switzerland.

Javaux, E. (2006). The early eukaryote fossil record. In G. Jékely (Ed.), Evolution of the Eukaryotic Endomembrane System and Cytoskeleton (pp. 1-19). Texas, United States: Landes Biosciences Publishers.

Javaux, E. (2006). Patterns of early eukaryote diversification. Paper presented at Réunion du groupe de contact FNRS Palynologie et du PPMB.

Javaux, E. (2006). l'astrobiologie: origine, évolution et distribution de la vie dans l'univers. Paper presented at Connaissance et Vie, Mons, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2006). l'astrobiologie: origine, évolution et distribution de la vie dans l'univers.

Javaux, E. (2006). Extreme life on Earth - past, present and possibly beyond. Research in Microbiology, 157 (1), 37-48. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2005.07.008

Javaux, E. (2006). Evolution of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Research day Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Javaux, E. (2006). Eléments de paléontologie. (ULiège - Université de Liège, GEOL0275-1).

Javaux, E. (2006). Biosignatures morphologiques: quelques pistes de réflexion. Paper presented at « Atelier biomarqueurs » CNRS GDR Exobiology/CNES, Dourdan, France.

Javaux, E. (2006). Biological innovations and diversification of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Réunions des Sciences de la Terre, Dijon, France.

Javaux, E. (2006). Astrobiologie : origine, évolution et distribution de la vie dans l’univers. Paper presented at cours 2006-2007 de l'Espace universitaire de Liège.

Javaux, E. (2006). A la recherche de la vie dans l’univers. Paper presented at la nuit des étoiles filantes.

Javaux, E., & Marshal, C. P. (2006). A new approach in deciphering early protist paleobiology and evolution: Combined microscopy and microchemistry of single Proterozoic acritarchs. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 139 (1-4), 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.01.005

Knoll, A. H., Javaux, E., Hewitt, D., & Cohen, P. (2006). Eukaryotic organisms in Proterozoic oceans. Philosophical Transactions. Biological Sciences, 361 (1470), 1023-1038. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1843

Marshall, C. P., Carter, E. A., Leuko, S., & Javaux, E. (2006). Vibrational spectroscopy of extant and fossil microbes: Relevance for the astrobiological exploration of Mars. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 41 (2), 182-189. doi:10.1016/j.vibspec.2006.01.008

Mix, L. J., Armstrong, J. C., Mandell, A. M., Mosier, A. C., Raymond, J., Raymond, S. N., Stewart, F. J., von Braun, K., Zhaxybayeva, O., Billings, L., Cameron, V., Claire, M., Dick, G. J., Domagal-Goldman, S. D., Javaux, E., Johnson, O. J., Laws, C., Race, M. S., Rask, J., ... Zerella, M. (2006). The astrobiology primer: An outline of general knowledge - Version 1, 2006. Astrobiology, 6 (5), 735-813. doi:10.1089/ast.2006.6.735

Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Alekina, I., Benzerara, K., Bulat, S., Derenne, S., Dobrijevic, M., Engrand, C., Fortin, D., Gargaud, M., Javaux, E., Mustin, C., Pascal, R., Petit, J. R., & Reisse, J. (2006). Biomarqueurs et Biosignatures: synthèse de l'Atelier de Dourdan 22-24 Mars 2006. Poster session presented at réunion annuelle du GDR Exobiology, CNES.

Vandenabeele-Trambouze, O., Alekina, I., Benzerara, K., Bulat, S., Derenne, S., Dobrijevic, M., Engrand, C., Fortin, D., Gargaud, M., Javaux, E., Mustin, C., Pascal, R., Petit, J. R., & Reisse, J. (2006). An astrobiology QUIZZ: How to recognize extraterrestrial life? Paper presented at European Astrobiology Networks association Annual Meeting 2006, Lyon, France.

Javaux, E. (2005). report from JENAM "Astrobiology and exploration of the solar system" session. (EAS newsletter November). EAS.

Javaux, E., & Nazé, Y. (2005). Exobiologie et complexité. Space Connection. SPPPS.

Javaux, E., Lebreton, J.-P., Chicarro, A., & Nazé, Y. (2005). Astrobiologie et exploration du système solaire. Paper presented at débat public animé par Y. Nazé (ULg) et dessinateur Serdu, dans le cadre du JENAM (Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting).

Javaux, E., Swings, J.-P., & Surdej, J. (2005). Astrobiology in Belgium. Extension workshop of the Joined European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM) in Liège, 4-8th July 2005.

Javaux, E. (2005). Tracking the early record of life. Paper presented at Réunion du groupe de contact FNRS Palynologie et du PPMB.

Javaux, E. (2005). Micropaléontologie. (ULiège - Université de Liège, Geol0205-1).

Javaux, E. (2005). Introduction à la micropaléontologie végétale et à la micropaléontologie (microfossiles marins). (ULiège - Université de Liège, OCEA0042-1).

Javaux, E. (2005). Exobiology and Mars. Paper presented at Mars Geophysical European Network, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2005). Evolution of the early Earth biosphere. Paper presented at Astrobiology in Belgium. Extension workshop of the Joined European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM) in Liège, 4-8th July 2005. p.13.

Javaux, E. (2005). Eléments de géologie, géomorphologie et minéralogie: notes préliminaires. (ULiège - Université de Liège, Geol0231-2, Geol0231-3).

Javaux, E. (2005). Early Earth, extremophiles and Exobiology. Paper presented at The 3rd International workshop on Space Microbiology, Mol, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2005). Atmosphères planétaires et astrobiologie. Paper presented at conférence du Kiwanis club, Cointe (Liège)., Belgium.

Javaux, E. (2005). A La Recherche De La Vie Sur Mars. Paper presented at débat Animé par Mr. P. Damblon, RTBF. Institut de Zoologie, Quai van Beneden, Liège, Belgium.

Marshall, C., & Javaux, E. (2005). FT-Raman Spectroscopy of Extant and Fossil Micro-Algae. Paper presented at Australian Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy Abstracts with programs ACOVS6, Australia.

Marshall, C. P., Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. R. (2005). Combined micro-Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy of Proterozoic acritarchs: A new approach to Palaeobiology. Precambrian Research, 138 (3-4), 208-224. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2005.05.006

Riaud, P., & Javaux, E. (2005). Early Earth biosphere and possible spectral biosignatures in atmospheres of exoplanets. Paper presented at Joined European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM) in Liège, 4-8th July 2005.

Steemans, P., & Javaux, E. (Eds.). (2005). Pre-Cambrian to Palaeozoic Palaeopalynology and Palaeobotany. Carnets de Géologie, Mémoir 2005/02, 1-77.

Javaux, E. (2004). Improving our understanding of early biosphere evolution and diversification, using a combination of microscopy and microchemistry of single acritarchs. Paper presented at Phytopal meeting, Lille, France.

Javaux, E. (2004). Evolution des eucaryotes au Précambrien.

Javaux, E. (2004). Evolution de la biosphère au Précambrien.

Javaux, E. (2004). A la recherche de la vie dans le système solaire. Galactée Revue d’astronomie de l’université de Mons-Hainaut, 42, p. 55.

Javaux, E. (2004). A la recherche de la vie dans l’univers. Ciel (Le), 66, p. 208-209.

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2004). TEM evidence for eukaryotic diversity in mid-Proterozoic oceans. Geobiology, 2, 121-132. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4677.2004.00027.x

Javaux, E., Marchall, C. P., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2004). Protistan evolution in the Precambrian: a new multidisciplinary approach combining microscopy and microchemistry. Paper presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, United States.

Javaux, E., & Marshall, C. (2004). Extremophiles, early Earth biosphere and exobiology. Poster session presented at EANA 2004 Astrobiology workshop on Extremophiles, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

Javaux, E., Marshall, C., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2004). A new approach in deciphering early protist paleobiology and evolution: Combined microscopy and microchemistry of single acritarchs. Paper presented at 11th IPC (International Palynology Congress), Granada, Spain.

Javaux, E., Marshall, C., Xiao, S., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2004). Early eukaryotes in Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic oceans. Poster session presented at Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting.

Javaux, E. (2003). L’astrobiologie. Paper presented at assemblée générale du département AGO, Liège, Belgium.

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., Marshall, C. P., & Walter, M. (2003). The hunt for early eukaryotes in Archean and Proterozoic oceans. Poster session presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, United States.

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2003). Recognizing and interpreting the fossils of early eukaryotes. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 33 (1), 75-94. doi:10.1023/A:1023992712071

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2003). Diversity and complexity of Early Eukaryotic cells. Paper presented at Special session: Early Biosphere Evolution. NASA Astrobiology Institute General Meeting, Tempe, Arizona, United States.

Javaux, E., & Scott, D. (2003). ILLUSTRATION OF MODERN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROMBERMUDA AND REMARKS ON DISTRIBUTION IN OTHER SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL AREAS. Palaeontologia Electronica, 6 (4), 1-29.

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (October 2002). Recognizing and interpreting the fossils of early eukaryotes. Paper presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Javaux, E., knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2002). Early eukaryotic diversification. Paper presented at Second NASA Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, San Francisco, United States.

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (November 2001). Cytological and ecological complexity in the Early Mesoproterozoic. Paper presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, United States.

Javaux, E., knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (April 2001). Complex protists in Mesoproterozoic rocks. Paper presented at NASA Astrobiology Institute annual meeting, Washington D.C.,, United States.

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. R. (2001). Morphological and ecological complexity in early eukaryotic ecosystems. Nature, 412 (6842), 66-69. doi:10.1038/35083562

Javaux, E., Knoll, A. H., & Walter, M. (2001). Complex protists in Mesoproterozoic rocks. Paper presented at NASA Astrobiology Institute annual meeting, Washington D.C., United States.

Javaux, E. (1999). Distribution of benthic foraminifera in modern sediments of Bermuda: implications for Holocene sea-level studies. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Jury: Scott, D. (Promotor), ... Lipps, J.

Scott, D., Stea, R. R., Javaux, E., & Edgecombe, R. B. (June 1999). Late Quaternary Relative Sea-level variations on the East Coast of North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina and Bermuda. Paper presented at Am. Geophys. Union Spring meeting, Boston, United States.

Javaux, E., & Scott, D. (1998). Late Holocene sea-level curve for Bermuda: a proxy for the past and the future? Poster session presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Javaux, E., & Scott, D. (1996). Benthic foraminifera in Bermudan mangrove swamp; implications for Holocene sea level studies. Poster session presented at Sixth North American paleontological convention, Washington D.C, United States.

Javaux, E., & Scott, D. (1996). A mid-to late Holocene sea-level curve for Bermuda, using mangrove swamp foraminifera as sea-level indicators. Poster session presented at 28th GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, United States - Colorado.

Javaux, E., & Scott, D. (1995). Benthic foraminiferal distributions in Bermudan mangrove swamp: implications for sea level studies. Poster session presented at 5th Int. Conf. on Paleoceanography, Halifax, N.S, Canada.

Javaux, E., & Scott, D. (1995). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Bermudan marine caves. Poster session presented at Ist SEPM Congress on Sedimentary Geology “Linked Earth Systems”, St Pete Beach, Florida, United States.

Javaux, E. (September 1991). Paleoecology of Rugose corals in the Neffe Formation (Middle Visean) of Belgium. Paper presented at Proc. of VI Int. Symp. on Fossil Cnidaria including Archoecyatha and Porifera, Münster, Sept. 9-14, 1991, p. 109, Münster, Germany.

Javaux, E. (1990). Morphologie et biométrie des os longs d’Ursus deningeri de la Belle-Roche, comparaison avec Ursus spelaeus et Ursus arctos. Paper presented at Annual Meeting . Société Geologique de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (1990). Morphologie et biométrie comparées des os longs d’Ursus deningeri de la Belle-Roche, d’Ursus arctos et d’Ursus spelaeus. Poster session presented at Annual Meeting Soc Geol Belg Miscellanea geologica XI, Oct./Nov. 1990, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Javaux, E., & Cordy, J.-M. (1990). Comparative morphology and biometry of limb bones of Ursus deningeri from Belle-Roche (Sprimont, Belgium), Ursus spelaeus and Ursus arctos. Poster session presented at Ist Belgian Congress of Zoology, Belg. J. of Zool., 120, suppl. 1, Nov. 1990, Anvers,, Belgium.

Javaux, E. (1989). Morphologies et anatomie fonctionnelle et comparées des os longs de Ursus spelaeus, Ursus arctos et Ursus deningeri. Unpublished master thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège.
Jury: Cordy, J.-M. (Promotor).