https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-wg35g-pbdc7-rd9tm-dbnf3-xf79e-fgllb-yxds8-cfg9p-c7dx5 monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/071d4588-4180-4a7d-97bd-84355b942b70/images_large_sp5c00299_0007.jpeg Lab news - Paper Alert! A New Mars paper from the Yeşilbaş Lab in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry - Salda Lake, Türkiye Conceptual illustration of adenine interacting with Fe-rich nontronite clay under extreme pH and temperature conditions. Image Credit: Singh and Yesilbas (2026) ACS Earth Space Chem, DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.5c00299. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/yeilba-lab-awarded-the-snsa-grant-kf6hs-ct6e3 monthly 0.5 2025-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/09364134-1c0a-42d3-913a-e5793a9ae289/P8181357.jpg Lab news - Flash News!: Yeşilbaş Lab awarded with new SNSA-funded Mars research project! - Make it stand out Chemists may have found how reactions on early Earth initiates the energy metabolism required for life. Credit: Richard Bizley/SCIENCE SOURCE https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-wg35g-pbdc7-rd9tm-dbnf3-xf79e-fgllb-yxds8-cfg9p monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/9773aefc-ef56-4f3b-98c1-d7a18fa4ef77/images_large_au5c01365_0008.jpeg Lab news - Paper Alert! New Astrobiology Publication from the Yeşilbaş Lab in JACS Au - Salda Lake, Türkiye Mechanistic pathway for fungus-mediated hematite dissolution and iron redox transformation. Image Credit: Dos Santos, A. et. al (2025) JACS Au, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.5c01365I. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-bjn2y-a4gpp-nak9c-z9d7j-32gjl-by5y8-t9wek monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706205918296-T4RYLOC43WTDVZN3F9IW/Ekran+Resmi+2024-01-25+19.05.01.png Lab news - SPOTLIGHTS ON: Interview with Our PI on NASA’s Latest Mars Discovery - Make it stand out Alef is showing his new isolated extremophiles in the Yesilbas Lab. Image Credit: Trung Nguyen. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-w93cw-5r4p4 monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/09364134-1c0a-42d3-913a-e5793a9ae289/P8181357.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! - Make it stand out Yesilbas Lab is in their favorite place, ‘dark, cold and alone just like space‘ lab. Photo Credit: Rebecca Forsberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459604659-DBU55L2HP81VK20DCD49/P8181282.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459620701-HNHC3R3QWAJWAKUTWOU8/P8181238.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459578611-MVIUMM3LZ28PBWHVAR72/P8181292.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459630921-GXQOZ6LLIY7RF7TEIPGX/P8181326.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459651158-HLB48HMOVZOX453BNL83/P8181393.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459664166-DU4Z0YI8NBVEZ95L798M/P8181394.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459681284-BBJC01TNZ7G3LU0IKIHA/P8181394.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459698916-4OZ9UJPS52Q3K1SAODDG/P8181314.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1756459762862-6CUMH558OUGDOJWPP0S7/P8181341.jpg Lab news - Life at Limits: Our lab featured in Umeå University News! https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-wg35g-pbdc7-rd9tm-dbnf3-xf79e-fgllb-yxds8 monthly 0.5 2025-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/3d6fd7fe-b557-4fb5-8de1-51b82aa341e6/41467_2025_61801_Fig6_HTML.png.webp Lab news - Paper Alert! New Publication on Martian Geochemistry from our PI and her NASA and the international collaborators in Nature Communications - Salda Lake, Türkiye CRISM mineral mapping and sulfate morphologies from Aram Chaos. Image Credit: Nature Communications (Nat Commun) ISSN 2041-1723 (online). https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-w93cw monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/691a0f40-d46a-44b7-885b-ec9def018e17/tempImagexX9b7z.jpg Lab news - A Milestone and a Moment of Gratitude - August 2025 - Make it stand out Yesilbas Lab is in the Midsummer celebrations with a few missing (Surendra is waiting for the picnic table, and Frida is with her family). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1754482896064-23BDPYE4791WC2MIIJWJ/IMG_2133.jpg Lab news - A Milestone and a Moment of Gratitude - August 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1754482793638-ZI8X6Z7E3IYRT4R2FP9U/IMG_2161.jpeg Lab news - A Milestone and a Moment of Gratitude - August 2025 https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-bjn2y-a4gpp-nak9c-z9d7j-32gjl-by5y8 monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706205918296-T4RYLOC43WTDVZN3F9IW/Ekran+Resmi+2024-01-25+19.05.01.png Lab news - SPOTLIGHTS ON: Interview with our PI about her recent cool Mars paper published in the Spectroscopy Magazine - Make it stand out Alef is showing his new isolated extremophiles in the Yesilbas Lab. Image Credit: Trung Nguyen. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-wg35g-pbdc7-rd9tm-dbnf3-bhh6n monthly 0.5 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/c721b7a3-c2f2-4841-9700-a56f3f31009d/ddb84bd3-a238-4fcd-9c84-23f3dfbd33d1.jpeg Lab news - We are welcoming to our new PhD student, Zoe Asimaki! - Salda Lake, Türkiye Inside the Baader Planetarium at the Lund Observatory. 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His poster title was “Sensing Water on Mars: Clay-Salt Interactions under Simulated Martian Conditions”. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-wg35g-pbdc7-rd9tm-dbnf3-xf79e-fgllb monthly 0.5 2025-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1740828121515-6W256RUCID3Q1IFYHRXZ/unsplash-image-kGtFjYdm7DI.jpg Lab news - Paper Alert! Our PI Merve’s New Publication on Ca-Sulfate Dehydration Pathways on Mars - Salda Lake, Türkiye Inside the Baader Planetarium at the Lund Observatory. Photo: Lund Observatory https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-bjn2y-a4gpp-8p9tk monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/0a41651a-75f7-438e-ba90-d23abf45fff5/IMG_1483.png Lab news - Big Congratulations to Frida for a wonderful Bachelor project! - Make it stand out Frida compared the survival and adoptation abilities of different (poly)extremophiles under Mars surface and near surface conditions focusing on the Gale Crater, where the Curiosity rover of NASA is still on mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1738085411957-SS8JLQYEUVM2QDR6NYWO/IMG_1487.png Lab news - Big Congratulations to Frida for a wonderful Bachelor project! https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-wg35g-pbdc7-rd9tm-dbnf3 monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/04a1225c-fd66-4ec8-9976-e98aa5edda22/Alef_photo.jpg Lab news - We are welcoming to our new Kempe Postdoctoral Fellow, Alef Dos Santos! - Salda Lake, Türkiye Inside the Baader Planetarium at the Lund Observatory. Photo: Lund Observatory https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-wg35g-pbdc7-rd9tm monthly 0.5 2024-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/c9457e19-9fdc-44a0-9cb3-f4c68706be75/surendra.png Lab news - We are welcoming to our new Carl Trygger Postdoctoral Fellow, Surendra Vikram Singh! - Salda Lake, Türkiye Inside the Baader Planetarium at the Lund Observatory. Photo: Lund Observatory https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-bjn2y-a4gpp monthly 0.5 2025-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1717151199345-HVVZMPFFZ553FY7O8IDA/image-asset.jpeg Lab news - Big Congratulations to our hardworking Bachelor Students, Amanda and Juliette! - Make it stand out From Moon to Mars. We are searching for the water aqueous history and potential water resources for future human missions using vibrational spectroscopy in the Yesilbas Lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1718877968672-O6QHELUAU3FMH9TRPGXV/IMG_1119.jpeg Lab news - Big Congratulations to our hardworking Bachelor Students, Amanda and Juliette! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1718877982302-E819TWWNBIIEJPQHVGYM/IMG_1129.jpeg Lab news - Big Congratulations to our hardworking Bachelor Students, Amanda and Juliette! https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-k47a6 monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1713361093326-B5UK9QOE9ZQQ3C5TKJIB/IMG_9045.jpeg Lab news - Yeşilbaş Lab attended the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in the Woodlands, TX! - Make it stand out Our PI is giving talk in the LPSC. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-msyex-zewnx-e67ch monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/e82d71ac-2bc4-4974-8c44-cdd957ca4768/Screenshot+2024-04-17+at+16.06.54.png Lab news - YESILBAS LAB IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Our group’s research is featured in the Kemisk Tidskrift! - Make it stand out The first page in the Kemisk Tidskrift. Image Credit: Kemisk Tidskrift https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/yeilba-lab-awarded-the-kempestiftelsen-grant-kf6hs-g2ldx-js968 monthly 0.5 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/4125376b-2a9a-4548-96c3-cd2589f6c19a/Ekran+Resmi+2024-01-27+12.19.16.png Lab news - Our PI Merve and her Moon and Mars research collaboration in Grenoble was featured in the SETI Institute’s press release! - Make it stand out Our PI, Dr. Yesilbas and Dr. Janice Bishop (SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center) are next to the cryogenic VNIR spectrometer setup in the University of Grenoble Alpes. Image Credit: Olivier Poch. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-x7r9h-lbbe8-8tych-9jr6b monthly 0.5 2024-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706180847883-57AROXBP37Q9JILG09FY/image-asset.jpeg Lab news - Fully-funded 2 Postdoctoral fellowships are available in the Yeşilbaş Lab - Make it stand out Photo: NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1661762869067-0WBUFVR4BM1LTIJ6EF2Y/unsplash-image-NR_tXTuyTak.jpg Lab news - Fully-funded 2 Postdoctoral fellowships are available in the Yeşilbaş Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1661176134403-KAD7E3SUBACPH5ERV4PE/unsplash-image-4IrVnSpwk48.jpg Lab news - Fully-funded 2 Postdoctoral fellowships are available in the Yeşilbaş Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1661176536447-8KNDS4DFU2A54X0RUXG7/unsplash-image-N46IkbWUvMU.jpg Lab news - Fully-funded 2 Postdoctoral fellowships are available in the Yeşilbaş Lab https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-bjn2y monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/7580ba62-a986-4a59-9393-11b8cc0b48a3/IMG_8142.png Lab news - Yesilbas Lab attended the 36th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting (NGWM) in Gothenburg! - Make it stand out Inside the Mässen Centre at the NGWM meeting. Our group leader, Merve gives her talk about enigmatic detection of Ca-sulphates in Mars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706260925434-8XCW9AUBBS6DIC4IHTDC/1705250068535.jpeg Lab news - Yesilbas Lab attended the 36th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting (NGWM) in Gothenburg! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706260925146-JWGDFBSBEU1DYEMWZZNF/1705250070334.jpeg Lab news - Yesilbas Lab attended the 36th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting (NGWM) in Gothenburg! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706260926000-T72M70L1YRNF5G6B2U7V/1705250045974.jpeg Lab news - Yesilbas Lab attended the 36th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting (NGWM) in Gothenburg! https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/yeilba-lab-awarded-the-kempestiftelsen-grant-kf6hs monthly 0.5 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/fd643a2b-c66b-4970-bb38-6afea6e5893f/rna.jpeg Lab news - Yeșilbaș Lab awarded with a new Kempestiftelsen Grant! - Make it stand out Chemists may have found how reactions on early Earth initiates the energy metabolism required for life. Credit: Richard Bizley/SCIENCE SOURCE https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/swedish-research-council-starting-grant-funds-our-new-project-fwmx3 monthly 0.5 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706270073897-NP9034KLOFD6V8N57GMK/image-asset.jpeg Lab news - The Carl Trygger Foundation funds our new project for biosignature detection on Mars - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-msyex-zewnx-h2xrm monthly 0.5 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/74dca2a3-98c1-4d88-9d01-9bdfe054be74/Merve-Yesilbas.jpeg Lab news - Public Outreach: Our group leader Merve was invited to give a Mars talk in the Kunskapveckan at Umeå University! - Make it stand out The event cover for the Astronomy Days and Night Event. Image Credit: Curiosum Center https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-z8ahx-bjn2y-92wk8 monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/94a5685f-a7ae-4c34-ae50-d7f929e608cb/ForskarFredag+2022+%E2%80%93+slutrapport+-+ForskarFredag.jpeg.png Lab news - Public Outreach: Yesilbas Lab in ForskarFredag Event at Curiosum Center - Make it stand out Our PI Merve has been also participated in the last year Forskar Fredag event in 2022. Photo: Gabrielle-Beans Picon (Umeå University). https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-msyex-zewnx monthly 0.5 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/ecd20745-04a0-4eab-b4af-d27cdb9ca4eb/Screenshot+2024-01-26+at+13.01.09.png Lab news - Public Outreach: Our group leader Merve was the special guest of the Astronomy Days and Nights Event in Curiosum - Make it stand out The event cover for the Astronomy Days and Night Event. 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Design: Francisca Emel Tuzcuoglu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/0b0f3697-55d7-4e45-83ec-7d607b826d5e/emel-foto.png Lab news - Francisca Emel Tuzcuoglu successfully completed her internship! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706346028561-C4022QX5NW5YTBUX0KUM/image-asset.jpeg Lab news - Francisca Emel Tuzcuoglu successfully completed her internship! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706345980588-GEPR42IRT8YURM39AJ5I/IMG_9581.png Lab news - Francisca Emel Tuzcuoglu successfully completed her internship! https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-p5n3l monthly 0.5 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/45e2b889-8aa9-4f04-b415-8cfed4c26059/Ekran+Resmi+2024-01-25+09.08.55.png Lab news - Ann-Cathrin Krause succesfully completed her Master project! - Make it stand out Cover slide from Ann-Cathrin’s presentation. Design: Ann-Cathrin Krause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706170730293-S9BHYIPRP62LW0UO4GZD/Ekran+Resmi+2024-01-25+09.08.55.png Lab news - Ann-Cathrin Krause succesfully completed her Master project! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1658252278202-NIXYKKPPKWMAL9R2OMBD/daniele-colucci-OtXJhYjbKeg-unsplash.jpg Lab news - Ann-Cathrin Krause succesfully completed her Master project! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1658255956471-O0F35YUO3U706QSFV9CG/Bewerbungsbild_2020.jpg Lab news - Ann-Cathrin Krause succesfully completed her Master project! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1706171472821-8QJDQTLM5QM4XVBCE3SU/pia24173-1c-16.jpg Lab news - Ann-Cathrin Krause succesfully completed her Master project! https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-rz3g9-8ddgp monthly 0.5 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/592c8871-2993-4959-a9c1-8a5c184d5414/unsplash-image-G9bDsVeHM7I.jpg Lab news - Setting up a new destination: European Science Foundation awarded the Yeşilbaş Lab for Moon research! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1676888494355-V4X5Q77RI6XWLNE5VO3O/LOGO_ERC-FLAG_EU_.jpeg Lab news - Setting up a new destination: European Science Foundation awarded the Yeşilbaş Lab for Moon research! https://www.yesilbaslab.com/news/template-xa9x7-a7xzp monthly 0.5 2022-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/1668951777196-KV1BAOKDT08Q3A58QURU/unsplash-image-4IrVnSpwk48.jpg Lab news - NASA grant awarded for our Mars research collaboration! - Make it stand out Inside the Baader Planetarium at the Lund Observatory. 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Follow the cryosalts! The extreme conditions on Mars do not allow stable liquid water on the surface. However, salts can depress the freezing point of water well below 0 °C, forming liquid salty brines depending on their specific deliquescence/efflorescence features. While Ca-chlorides can melt the ice ~-49 °C, Ca-perchlorate salts can form the liquid brines ~-69 °C. Chlorides, chlorates, perchlorates and sulphates are distributed all over the planet Mars. What if we look for these salt mixtures inside of martian analogue soils? Could we still form and stabilize the transient liquid salty brines on the martian near surface? What is the role of the martian regolith? To resolve this, we use martian analogues collected from Antarctica, Hawaii and the other extreme environments on Earth to understand the martian (geo)chemistry. We use vibrational spectroscopy to detect the phase changes of water and cryosalts inside the martian analogue soils and salt mixtures from (i) permafrost to (ii) slush, followed by (iii) thin water films formed between grains then to the (iv) dried state of minerals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/48b83f72-db17-49f9-aa9a-957f20787266/unsplash-image-IdXJIxj6VfU.jpg Research - Carbon dioxide and methane binding and release in martian analogues We study how martian analogue minerals, and the thin water-ice films they host, alter the fate of CO2 in terrestrial environments and potentially on the planet Mars. Our previous studies showed us that the formation and stabilization of the (bi) carbonate species in the martian analogue minerals commonly found on Mars (e.g. iron (oxy)hydroxides, aluminosilicate clay minerals) depend on the temperature. We are continuing these studies with new martian analogue soils to understand the environmental factors that effect methane release. Would you like to explore the effect of atmospheric gas adsorption on the martian analogues with us? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/056cf0c6-b083-45d6-9fa6-ce01cc4d1a3b/mars_satellite+v1.gif Research - Martian aqueous (geo)chemistry observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) instrument We are searching for all possible water signatures on Mars including the cryosalts (e.g. chlorides, perchlorates), martian analogue minerals and rocks (iron-rich oxides, sulphates and clays), CO2 and briny ices on the martian poles. We use the CRISM data that reveals the possible visible and near-infrared spectroscopic signatures of water from the dusty martian surface and shows the water-associated geological features (e.g. lakes, ponds). We also use the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera images to track the ongoing martian surface processes and landscape evolution (e.g. Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) features). Martian subsurface cryosalt expansion and collapse as trigger for landslides, Science Advances, 7(6), eabe4459 (2021). https://www.yesilbaslab.com/join-the-lab daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/a87fbd54-cbe8-4efa-b0d2-bdd92440826a/Yesilbas+Lab+science_optimized.gif Join the Lab - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/3e9c7d3e-ee2f-4cf3-83f8-32575887b1a4/astronaut+icon.png Join the Lab - Postdoctoral scholars Are you interested to pursue your studies in planetary science and astrobiology? 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Our lab specializes in using vibrational spectroscopy to study the ice interfacial chemistry of martian analogue minerals, rocks, and soils. In doing so, we take a unique molecular approach to explore the role of the martian regolith for ‘stabilized water’ on Mars. Our research is performed at our own Yesilbas lab facilities and supported with the excellent infrastructures from the Chemical Biological Center at Umeå University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/877c9e0f-d4b2-4dfc-b515-385525e9972f/ice+with+astronaut.png Home - We use Earth’s extreme environments and martian analogues as model systems for other planets We can learn a lot about other planets by studying the extreme environments right here on Earth! We study the minerals, salts, water and surrounding geochemistry of these environments. The aqueous alteration of the minerals reveals a lot of information about the geochemical history of the planet. Our research takes us from the coldest parts of the tundra to volcanic environments- all in the pursuit for understanding how aqueous-geochemical processes interact in extreme environments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/af8fd4ca-2f0c-4b7d-b522-1da9639e5bab/mars_satellite+v1.gif Home - We combine field, laboratory, and satellite data to search for water on Mars We use data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM). The visible and near-infrared spectrometers of CRISM (0.4-2.5 µm) enables us to view and map the dusty martian surface as well as to reveal the secrets of the water and its associated geological features (e.g. thermal vents, lakes, or ponds). All of these may be a strong clue that water have existed on the surface of Mars once upon a time. Furthermore, we use the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera images to understand currently active surface processes and landscape evolution (e.g. Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) features). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/3b0f5584-e083-4386-bdf2-f82709ddea4f/research+icon.png Home - Research We study the geochemical changes of the planet Mars, using field, laboratory, and satellite data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/e07a3c00-55db-49e5-a0a2-c78ddba985be/planetary+icon.png Home - Publications We publish studies addressing some of humanities biggest questions, like “Are we alone in the universe?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/5b2e4c93-6c19-4e0b-b340-21717b967ada/water+molecule+icon.png Home - Meet our team We have researchers from astrobiology, geochemistry, planetary sciences and more - all studying Mars together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6260330654e94851ea22acc6/81a35a1a-d0f0-4b9c-924f-62ea872e8046/Asset+6.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.yesilbaslab.com/application daily 0.75 2022-07-19 https://www.yesilbaslab.com/facilities daily 0.75 2022-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847896255-71GDMB4JOGTFXFRK00TD/image-asset.jpeg Facilities - Spectrometer It all begins with an idea. 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