• Schiele A, Timofeev SM, Mota A, Cortesão M. (2025) Fungus Penicillium rubens isolated from the International Space Station (ISS) shows faster colony growth and better spore resistance to cosmic radiation than type strain. International Journal of Astrobiology. 24:e13. doi:10.1017/S147355042510013X

• Mota, A., Koch, S., Matthiae, D., Santos, N., and Cortesão, M. (2025) How habitable are M Dwarf exoplanets? Modeling surface conditions and exploring the role of melanins in the survival of Aspergillus niger spores under exoplanet-Like radiation. Astrobiology 25:3 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2024.0023

• Figueira, J., Koch, S., Müller, D.W., Slawik, S., Cowley, A., Moeller, R and Cortesão, M. (2025) Biomining of lunar regolith simulant EAC-1 A with the fungus Penicillium simplicissimum. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 12:8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40694-025-00201-z

• Ralha, M., Teles, P., Santos, N., Matthiä, D., Berger, T., Cortesão, M. (2024) Effective dose equivalent estimation for humans on Mars. Arxiv – Space Physics https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02001

• Simões, M.F., Cortesão, M., (…) et al. (2023) The relevance of fungi in astrobiology research – Astromycology. Mycosphere https://www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHERE_14_1_13.pdf

• Koch, S., and Freidank-Pohl, C., Siontas, O., C. Mota, A., Cortesao, M., Runzheimer, K., Moeller, R., and Meyer, V. (2023). Aspergillus niger as a cell factory for the production of pyomelanin, a molecule with UV-C radiation shielding activity. Frontiers in Microbiology https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1233740/full

• Master thesis – Afonso Mota https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378289020_Microbial_Survival_on_Exoplanets_Habitability_and_the_Role_of_Melanin?channel=doi&linkId=65d13fa801325d4652117e0d&showFulltext=true

• Master thesis – Inês Figueiredo https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/110365

• Cortesão, M., Holland G, Schütze T, Laue M, Moeller R and Meyer, V. (2022) Colony growth and biofilm formation of Aspergillus niger under simulated microgravity. Frontiers in Microbiology, Sec. Extreme Microbiology https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.975763/full

• Pavletić, B., Runzheimer, K., Siems, K., Koch, S.M., Cortesão, M., Ramos-Nascimento, A. and Moeller, R. (2022) Spaceflight Virology: What Do We Know about Viral Threats in the Spaceflight Environment? Astrobiology 22:2 210-224 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2021.0009

• Master thesis – João Figueira https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/147333

• Cortesão, M. and Siems, K., (…) and Moeller, R. (2021). MARSBOx: Fungal and bacterial endurance from a balloon-flown analog mission in the stratosphere. Frontiers in Microbiology https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.975763/full

• Cortesão, M., de Haas, A., Unterbusch, R., Fujimori, A., Schuetze, T., Meyer, v., and Moeller, R. (2020) Aspergillus niger spores are highly resistant to space radiation. Frontiers in Microbiology https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00560/full

• Lamprecht-Grandío, M.,Cortesão, M., (…) and González-Pastor, J.E. (2020) Novel genes involved in resistance to both ultraviolet radiation and perchlorate from the metagenomes of hypersaline environments. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00453

• Cortesão, M., Schütze, T., Marx, R., Moeller, R., and Meyer, V. (2019) Fungal biotechnology in space: Why and how? Grand Challenges of Fungal Biotechnology, Springer https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-29541-7_18

• Cortesão, M., Fuchs, F.M., Commichau, F.M., Eichenberger, P., Schuerger, A.C., Nicholson, W.L., Setlow, P. and Moeller, R. (2018) Bacillus subtilis spore resistance to simulated Mars surface conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00333/full

• Zea, L., Nisar, Z., Rubin, P., Cortesao, M., Luo, J., McBride, S., Moeller, R., Klaus, D., Mueller, D., Varanasi, K., Mücklich, F., Stodieck L. (2018) Design of a spaceflight biofilm experiment. Acta Astronautica https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576517317083

• He, L., Wang, S., Cortesão, M., Wu, M., Moeller, M. Setlow, P. and Li, Y. (2018) Single-cell analysis reveals individual spore responses to simulated space vacuum. NPJ Microgravity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-018-0059-7