Lígia Fonseca Coelho

Ligia F. Coelho – Publication List

11 – Coelho, L.F., Kaltenegger, L., Philpot, W., et al. (2025). Colors of Life in the Clouds: Biopigments of atmospheric microorganisms as a new signature to detect life on planets like Earth. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae129a.

10 – Coelho, L. F., Miranda, C., Canas, J., Morgado, M., et al., (2025). One Giant Leap for Womankind: First Menstrual Cups Tested in Space Flight Conditions. npj Women’s Health. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44294-025-00112-9.

9 – Coelho, L.F., Kaltenegger, L. et al. (2024). “Purple is the New Green – Biopigments and Spectra of Earth-like Purple Worlds”. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae601. Media reach in first 48 h: 115 media outlets.

8 – Coelho, L.F., Madden, J., Kaltenegger, L. et al. (2022). “Color Catalogue of Life in Ice: Surface Biosignatures on Icy Worlds”. Astrobiology. 22(3). https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2021.0008 (Selected for the journal’s Cover – media reach in first 48h: 105 million people.

7 – Coelho, L.F., Couceiro, J.F., Keller-Costa, T. et al. (2022). “Structural shifts in sea ice prokaryotic communities across a salinity gradient in the subarctic”. Science of The Total Environment. 827, 154286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154286

6 – Glauser, A.M., Sascha S.P.,(…) Coelho, L.F., (2024). “The Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): a space mission for mid-infrared nulling interferometry,” Proc. SPIE 13095, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging IX, 130951D (28 August 2024);https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019090

5 – Blais, M.A.,(…) Coelho, L.F. et al. (2024). “Diverse winter communities and biogeochemical cycling potential in the under-ice microbial plankton of a subarctic river-to-sea continuum”, Microbiology Spectrum. e04160-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04160-23

4 – Coelho, L.F., Blais, MA., Matveev, A., et al. (2022). “Contamination analysis of Arctic ice samples as planetary field analogues and implications for future life-detection missions to Europa and Enceladus”. Scientific Reports. 12 (1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16370-5

3 – Garizo, A.R., Coelho, L.F., Pinto, S., Dias, T.P., Fernandes, F., Bernardes, N., Fialho, A.M. (2021). “The Azurin-Derived Peptide CT-p19LC Exhibits Membrane-Active Properties and Induces Cancer Cell Death”. Biomedicines. 9, 1194. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9091194

2 – Coelho, L.F. & Martins, Z. (2021). “The Geochemistry of Icy Moons”. In Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd Edition, Elsevier. pp 207-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08- 102908-4.00123-5

1 – Coelho, L.F., Bernardes, N., Fialho, A. (2017). “Prospective Therapeutic Applications of Bacteriocins as Anticancer Agents”. Microbial Infections and Cancer Therapy. Ch. 10, pp. 340-365, 1st ed. Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351041904-10.