  | 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  Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 presentation]. Goldschmidt 2021. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 presentation]. Goldschmidt 2021, Lyon, France. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 presentation]. GSA 2020. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 presentation]. Goldschmidt 2020. Peer reviewed |
  | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Debaille, V., François, C., Javaux, E., O'Neill, C., & Brandon, A. D. (September 2018). Archean geodynamics and the onset of plate tectonics [Paper presentation]. GeoBonn 2018. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 presentation]. 50 Years of Plate Tectonics: Then, Now, and Beyond. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Demoulin, C., Lara, Y., François, C., & Javaux, E. (21 March 2018). Biosignatures of modern and fossil cyanobacteria [Poster presentation]. COST Life Origins Workshop 2018, Bertinoro. Peer reviewed |
 | François, C., Debaille, V., Paquette, J.-L., Baudet, D., Kabamba Baludikay, B., & Javaux, E. (March 2018). Evidence of Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics: eclogitic subduction [Paper presentation]. COST Workshop 2018, Bertinoro. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 presentation]. COST Workshop 2018, Bertinoro. Peer reviewed |
Demoulin, C., Lara, Y., François, C., & Javaux, E. (2018). Biosignatures of modern and fossil cyanobacteria [Paper presentation]. Groupe de Contact Astrobiologie, Liège, Belgium. |
 | 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 presentation]. Gordon Conference Geobiology. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 presentation]. Goldschmidt2017's, Paris, France. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
| 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 presentation]. Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life. |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | François, C., de Sigoyer, J., Pubellier, M., Bailly, V., Cocherie, A., & Ringenbach, J.-C. (2017). Quick HP & HT subduction in an ultra-recent geodynamic context: the Wandamen peninsula (Western Papua). In European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017 Vienna, Austria, 2017. Peer reviewed |
 | François, C., de Sigoyer, J., Pubellier, M., Bailly, V., Cocherie, A., & Ringenbach, J.-C. (December 2016). Short-lived subduction and exhumation in Western Papua (Wandamen peninsula): Co-existence of HP and HT metamorphic rocks in a young geodynamic setting. Lithos, 266-267, 44-63. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.09.030 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
| 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 presentation]. 35ème International Geological Congres (IGC), Cape Town, South Africa. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 presentation]. Goldschmidt2015, PRAGUE, Czechia. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
Caquineau, T., Paquette, J. L., François, C., Van Kranendonk, M., & Philippot, P. (2015). U-Pb monazite dating of the Turee Creek Group sedimentary succession: implications on the rise of oxygen and glacial events. In Goldschmidt Conference Abstract, Prague, CZ, 2015. Peer reviewed |
François, C., Rey, P., Philippot, P., & Rubatto, D. (2014). From the surface to the Moho and back in a few Myrs: particle's flow path in a sagduction system. In Geological Society of Australia. Peer reviewed |
 | François, C., Philippot, P., Rey, P., & Rubatto, D. (2014). Burial and exhumation during Archean sagduction in the East Pilbara GraniteGreenstone Terrane. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
François, C., Philippot, P., Rey, P., Rubatto, D., & Moyen, J. F. (2013). Archean geodynamic: Fingerprinting sagduction vs subduction processes. In C. François, Goldschmidt Conference Abstract, Florence, Italy, 2013. Peer reviewed |
François, C., Philippot, P., & Rey, P. (2012). Formation and exhumation mechanisms of high-grade rocks: Sagduction and Subduction processes during the Archean. In C. François, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012 Vienna, Austria, 2012 (pp. 5136). Peer reviewed |
de Sigoyer, J., François, C., Cocherie, A., Pubellier, M., Bailly, V., & Ringenbach, J. C. (2011). Very young and fast exhumation, between 8 and 5 Ma, for the high pressure metasediments of Lengguru prism,W-Papua. In Geophysical Research Abstracts. Peer reviewed |