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Molecular Biology
Poland
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
62
Citations
24194
World Ranking
1830
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Poland Leader Award
  • 2010 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Grzegorz Węgrzyn is affiliated with the University of Gdańsk in Poland. Their research spans multiple fields, with a strong focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist has a significant number of publications distributed mainly across molecular biology subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Ecology, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

The primary topics addressed in Węgrzyn's work include Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Trypanosoma species research and implications, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and Cellular transport and secretion.

The most frequent publication venues for Grzegorz Węgrzyn's papers are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Applied Genetics
  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Antibiotics

Selected recent papers include:

  • Phage display and other peptide display technologies, 2021, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Bacteriophage-Derived Depolymerases against Bacterial Biofilm, 2021, Antibiotics
  • Interactions of Bacteriophages with Animal and Human Organisms-Safety Issues in the Light of Phage Therapy, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Enrofloxacin-The Ruthless Killer of Eukaryotic Cells or the Last Hope in the Fight against Bacterial Infections?, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Bacteriophage-encoded enzymes destroying bacterial cell membranes and walls, and their potential use as antimicrobial agents, 2021, Microbiological Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Grzegorz Węgrzyn include:

  • Karolina Pierzynowska
  • Lidia Gaffke
  • Zuzanna Cyske
  • Estera Rintz
  • Alicja Węgrzyn

Grzegorz Węgrzyn's contribution to scientific research was recognized by the Polish Academy of Science with an award received in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Staphylococcus aureus as an infectious agent: overview of biochemistry and molecular genetics of its pathogenicity.

    Konrad Plata;Adriana E Rosato;Grzegorz Wegrzyn

  • Mitochondria and Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Age-Related Diseases.

    Carlotta Giorgi;Saverio Marchi;Ines C.M. Simoes;Ziyu Ren

  • Biodiversity of bacteriophages: morphological and biological properties of a large group of phages isolated from urban sewage.

    Agata Jurczak-Kurek;Tomasz Gąsior;Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk;Sylwia Bloch

  • Genistein-mediated inhibition of glycosaminoglycan synthesis as a basis for gene expression-targeted isoflavone therapy for mucopolysaccharidoses

    Ewa Piotrowska;Joanna Jakóbkiewicz-Banecka;Sylwia Barańska;Anna Tylki-Szymańska

  • Differential antibacterial activity of genistein arising from global inhibition of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis in some bacterial strains.

    Katarzyna Ulanowska;Aleksandra Tkaczyk;Grażyna Konopa;Grzegorz Węgrzyn;Grzegorz Węgrzyn

  • Phage display and other peptide display technologies.

    Weronika Jaroszewicz;Joanna Morcinek-Orłowska;Karolina Pierzynowska;Lidia Gaffke

  • Genistein Improves Neuropathology and Corrects Behaviour in a Mouse Model of Neurodegenerative Metabolic Disease

    Marcelina Malinowska;Marcelina Malinowska;Fiona L. Wilkinson;Kia J. Langford-Smith;Alex Langford-Smith

  • Genistein-mediated inhibition of glycosaminoglycan synthesis, which corrects storage in cells of patients suffering from mucopolysaccharidoses, acts by influencing an epidermal growth factor-dependent pathway.

    Joanna Jakóbkiewicz-Banecka;Ewa Piotrowska;Magdalena Narajczyk;Sylwia Barańska

  • Replication of coliphage lambda DNA

    K. Taylor;G. Wegrzyn

  • Phage therapy: Current status and perspectives.

    Andrzej Górski;Ryszard Międzybrodzki;Ryszard Międzybrodzki;Grzegorz Węgrzyn;Ewa Jończyk‐Matysiak

  • Genistein in Sanfilippo disease: a randomized controlled crossover trial.

    Jessica de Ruijter;Marlies J. Valstar;Magdalena Narajczyk;Grzegorz Wegrzyn

  • Genistein reduces lysosomal storage in peripheral tissues of mucopolysaccharide IIIB mice

    Marcelina Malinowska;Marcelina Malinowska;Fiona L. Wilkinson;William Bennett;Kia J. Langford-Smith

  • Chapter 9 - Pseudolysogeny

    Marcin Łoś;Grzegorz Węgrzyn

  • Bacterial replication initiator DnaA. Rules for DnaA binding and roles of DnaA in origin unwinding and helicase loading.

    Walter Messer;Franca Blaesing;Dagmara Jakimowicz;Margret Krause

  • The Phytoestrogen Genistein Modulates Lysosomal Metabolism and Transcription Factor EB (TFEB) Activation

    Marta Moskot;Sandro Montefusco;Joanna Jakóbkiewicz-Banecka;Paweł Mozolewski

  • Hydrogen peroxide-mediated induction of the Shiga toxin-converting lambdoid prophage ST2-8624 in Escherichia coli O157:H7.

    Joanna M. Łoś;Marcin Łoś;Marcin Łoś;Alicja Węgrzyn;Grzegorz Węgrzyn

  • Electric chips for rapid detection and quantification of nucleic acids.

    M Gabig-Ciminska;A Holmgren;H Andresen;K Bundvig Barken

  • Differential efficiency of induction of various lambdoid prophages responsible for production of Shiga toxins in response to different induction agents

    Joanna M Loś;Marcin Loś;Marcin Loś;Grzegorz Wegrzyn;Alicja Wegrzyn

  • Simple Method for Plating Escherichia coli Bacteriophages Forming Very Small Plaques or No Plaques under Standard Conditions

    Joanna M. Łoś;Piotr Golec;Grzegorz Węgrzyn;Grzegorz Węgrzyn;Alicja Węgrzyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Messer
Walter Messer Max Planck Society
Peter Neubauer
Peter Neubauer Technical University of Berlin
Kirsten Sandvig
Kirsten Sandvig Oslo University Hospital
Mariusz R. Wieckowski
Mariusz R. Wieckowski Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego
Carlotta Giorgi
Carlotta Giorgi University of Ferrara
Paolo Pinton
Paolo Pinton University of Ferrara
Luciano Saso
Luciano Saso Sapienza University of Rome
Marek Sanak
Marek Sanak Jagiellonian University
Kirsten Skarstad
Kirsten Skarstad Oslo University Hospital
Donald R. Helinski
Donald R. Helinski University of California, San Diego

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